Samangani Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Samangani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samangani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1631:471,05828,585
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Samangani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samangani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Samangani is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samangani? popularity and diffusion

The last name Samangani is the 1,328,442nd most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Samangani reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

Samangani is most common in Iran, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 471,058. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 62 percent reside, Kermanshah Province, where 12 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 9 percent reside. Besides Iran this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 2 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samhangani951/
Samangoni895/
Somangani892/
Samangana891/
Saimangana841/
Shamang'ana804/
Zamangane781/
Samoungana7416/
Shamangona741/
Chamongoni639/

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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 Samangani
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