Samalau Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Samalau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
Samalau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samalau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samalau occurs most in Indonesia. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samalau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,323,005th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Samalau occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Samalau live; 69 percent live in Southeast Asia and 69 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name Samalau is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 5,510,383. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 88 percent reside and Central Sulawesi, where 13 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Samalau
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