Samaleh Surname
Approximately 671 people bear this surname
Samaleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 505 | 1:6,931 | 496 |
| Djibouti | 150 | 1:6,100 | 439 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Samaleh (1,751) may also be a first name.
Samaleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samaleh is found in Somaliland more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaleh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 492,802nd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 10,860,724 people. Samaleh occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Samaleh live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 183,066th most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 1,751 people.
The surname Samaleh is most widely held in Somaliland, where it is held by 505 people, or 1 in 6,931. Not including Somaliland this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Djibouti, where 22 percent reside and Iran, where 1 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 Samaleh
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