Samals Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Latvia

Samals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Samals Last Name Facts

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

Samals (Oriya: ସାମଲ) is found most in India. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samals? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Samals occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Samals reside; 75 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Samals is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Samals is most prevalent in: Odisha, where 100 percent reside. Barring India it exists in one country. It is also common in Latvia, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samales9263/
Sammals9216/
Sameals925/
Samalls924/
Samauls923/
Samails922/
Samalles861/
Shamales861/
Samols8358/
Jamals8332/
Camals833/
Sameuls77454/
Camales77350/
Semales7727/
Somales7722/
Samoles7720/
Sahmalz778/
Jamalse774/
Samailz771/
Seamols771/
Jamalsh771/
Jamales771/
Chamales7154/
Shemales7116/
Schamalz712/
Sammeuls712/
Sameulls711/
Sameules711/
Samoyles711/
Shameless6713/
Schemmals670/

Samals Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samals in the Oriya language
ସାମଲsamala-

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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
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  • 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 Samals
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