Samalek Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Samalek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samalek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Samalek (59) may also be a first name.

Samalek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samalek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Samalek (Russian: Самалек) is borne by more people in Kazakhstan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samalek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Samalek occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Samalek are found; 71 percent are found in Central Asia and 71 percent are found in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Samalek is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 59 people.

The surname Samalek is most common in Kazakhstan, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 3,536,499. In Kazakhstan Samalek is mostly concentrated in: Kyzylorda Region, where 80 percent are found and Astana, where 20 percent are found. Other than Kazakhstan this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent are found and Iran, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Samalek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samalek in the Russian language
Самалекsamalek-

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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
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  • 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 Samalek
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