Samama Surname
Approximately 5,293 people bear this surname
Samama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 3,656 | 1:27,691 | 3,857 |
| France | 1,057 | 1:62,841 | 8,597 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Tanzania | 105 | 1:504,206 | 33,569 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Zambia | 30 | 1:528,331 | 22,995 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Israel | 21 | 1:407,506 | 32,346 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Samama (1,084) may also be a first name.
Samama Demographics
Average Samama Salary in
United States
$53,396 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samama (Arabic: سمامة, Hindi: समामा, Marathi: समामा, Oriya: ସମାମା, Russian: Самама) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 90,539th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,376,827 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Samama are found; 70 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 38 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Samama is also the 242,513th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 1,084 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 3,656 people, or 1 in 27,691. In The Philippines Samama is most frequent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 54 percent reside, Soccsksargen, where 40 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than The Philippines it is found in 39 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent reside and Malawi, where 3 percent reside.
Samama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Samama has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Samama surname increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Samama Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Samama earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 23.75% more than the national average, earning $53,396 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.06% less than the national average, earning $34,252 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samama in the Hindi language | ||
| समामा | samama | 87.1 |
| साममा | samama | 8.06 |
| सामामा | samama | 3.23 |
| सममा | samama | 1.61 |
| Samama in the Marathi language | ||
| समामा | samama | 42.86 |
| सायमा | sayama | 28.57 |
| सममा | samama | 28.57 |
| Samama in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମାମା | samama | 37.5 |
| ସମମା | samama | 29.17 |
| ସାମାମା | samama | 20.83 |
| ଶମସା | samasa | 4.17 |
| ସାମମା | samama | 4.17 |
| ଶାମାମା | samama | 4.17 |
| Samama in the Russian language | ||
| Самама | samama | - |
| Samama in the Arabic language | ||
| سمامة | smamt | - |
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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 Samama
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