Samami Surname
Approximately 902 people bear this surname
Samami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 386 | 1:198,918 | 16,095 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Samami (336) may also be a first name.
Samami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samami (Hindi: सममी, Marathi: सममी, Oriya: ସାମାମି) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Samami click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samami? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 392,160th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 8,079,319 people. The last name Samami is mostly found in Asia, where 52 percent of Samami reside; 48 percent reside in South Asia and 43 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 477,199th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 336 people.
This surname is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 386 people, or 1 in 198,918. In Iran Samami is primarily concentrated in: Gilan Province, where 21 percent live, Mazandaran Province, where 20 percent live and Tehran Province, where 15 percent live. Other than Iran this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 30 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samami in the Marathi language | ||
| सममी | samami | 55.56 |
| समामी | samami | 44.44 |
| Samami in the Hindi language | ||
| सममी | samami | 42.86 |
| समामी | samami | 42.86 |
| सममि | samami | 14.29 |
| Samami in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମାମି | samami | 25 |
| ସାମମି | samami | 25 |
| ସମାମୀ | samami | 25 |
| ସମାମି | samami | 25 |
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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 Samami
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