Samangan Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Samangan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 136 | 1:564,577 | 32,091 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
Samangan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samangan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samangan is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samangan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samangan is the 1,453,389th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Samangan live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
It is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 564,577. In Iran Samangan is mostly concentrated in: Lorestan Province, where 52 percent live, Tehran Province, where 15 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 10 percent live. Other than Iran Samangan occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
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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 Samangan
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