Samanić Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Samanić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Samanić Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Šamanić (116) & Samanic (26) are calculated separately.

Samanić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Samanić is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Šamanić or Samanic. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samanić? popularity and diffusion

Samanić is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Samanić is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Samanić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Samanić is most numerous in Croatia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 845,721. In Croatia Samanić is mostly found in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 80 percent reside and City of Zagreb, where 20 percent reside. Other than Croatia Samanić occurs in one country. It is also found in Serbia, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šamanić95116/
Samanic9526/
Semanić86257/
Samanich80121/
Shamanic809/
Shamanich752/
Samanez712,809/
Semenić7159/
Zemanić7135/
Samanéz712/
Sameniz711/
Zamanic711/
Samanych676/
Samonich671/
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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 Samanić
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