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 more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Samangan.
How Common Is The Last Name Samangan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,453,389th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. Samangan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Samangan are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Samangan is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 564,577. In Iran Samangan is primarily found in: Lorestan Province, where 52 percent live, Tehran Province, where 15 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 10 percent live. Other than Iran this last name is found in one country. It is also common 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
- 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 Samangan
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