Samame Surname
Approximately 7,341 people bear this surname
Samame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 6,804 | 1:4,671 | 764 |
| United States | 131 | 1:2,766,862 | 164,942 |
| Israel | 117 | 1:73,142 | 8,960 |
| Chile | 78 | 1:225,852 | 6,969 |
| Argentina | 54 | 1:791,545 | 52,685 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Samamé (27) & Samamè (7) are calculated separately.
Samame (3,277) may also be a first name.
Samame Demographics
Average Samame Salary in
United States
$40,691 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samame (Hindi: समीम) occurs most in Peru. It may be found in the variant forms: Samamé or Samamè. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 67,750th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 992,718 people. The last name Samame is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Samame reside; 95 percent reside in South America and 93 percent reside in Andean South America. It is also the 125,030th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 3,277 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Peru, where it is carried by 6,804 people, or 1 in 4,671. In Peru it is most prevalent in: Lambayeque Region, where 39 percent reside, Lima Province, where 27 percent reside and Cajamarca Region, where 10 percent reside. Other than Peru Samame is found in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Israel, where 2 percent reside.
Samame Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Samame surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the party.
The amount Samame earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 14.59% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,556 per year and in United States they earn 5.7% less than the national average, earning $40,691 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samame in the Hindi language | ||
| समीम | samima | - |
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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 Samame
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