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
Samaleh occurs more in Somaliland more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaleh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 492,802nd most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 10,860,724 people. The last name Samaleh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Samaleh reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 183,066th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 1,751 people.
The last name Samaleh is most frequently used in Somaliland, where it is carried by 505 people, or 1 in 6,931. Without taking into account Somaliland it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Djibouti, where 22 percent live and Iran, where 1 percent live.
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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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