Samaniah Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Samaniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
Samaniah (564) may also be a first name.
Samaniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samaniah is found most in Indonesia. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaniah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Samaniah live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Samaniah is also the 353,625th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 564 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 5,510,383. In Indonesia Samaniah is most numerous in: West Java, where 63 percent live, Aceh, where 21 percent live and South Kalimantan, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 11 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 Samaniah
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