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
The surname Samao (Arabic: سمعو, Bengali: সামাও, Russian: Самао) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Samao.
How Common Is The Last Name Samao? popularity and diffusion
Samao is the 654,010th most widespread family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. The last name Samao 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. Samao is also the 760,591st most prevalent forename on earth. It is borne by 147 people.
This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 60,091. In Benin Samao is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 83 percent live, Collines Department, where 16 percent live and Alibori Department, where 1 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live.
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
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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 Samao
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