Samao Surname
Approximately 461 people bear this surname
Samao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 172 | 1:60,091 | 7,422 |
| Philippines | 95 | 1:1,065,666 | 88,850 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Samao (147) may also be a first name.
Samao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samao Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samao (Arabic: سمعو, Bengali: সামাও, Russian: Самао) is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samao? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 654,010th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 41 percent of Samao reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 760,591st most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 147 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 60,091. In Benin it is most numerous in: Donga Department, where 83 percent are found, Collines Department, where 16 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 1 percent are found. Besides Benin Samao exists in 18 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 21 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samao Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samao in the Bengali language | ||
| সামাও | sama'o | 66.67 |
| সামাউ | sama'u | 33.33 |
| Samao in the Russian language | ||
| Самао | samao | - |
| Samao in the Arabic language | ||
| سمعو | smw | - |
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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 Samao
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