Samashvili Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Samashvili Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 264 | 1:14,188 | 2,904 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| South Ossetia | 2 | 1:26,716 | 1,073 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samashvili Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samashvili Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samashvili (Georgian: სამაშვილი, Russian: Самашвили) is held by more people in Georgia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samashvili? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 950,707th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Samashvili reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia.
The last name Samashvili is most frequently held in Georgia, where it is carried by 264 people, or 1 in 14,188. In Georgia Samashvili is mostly concentrated in: Mtskheta-Mtianeti, where 45 percent live, Tbilisi, where 34 percent live and Kvemo Kartli, where 11 percent live. Barring Georgia it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent live and South Ossetia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamashvili | 95 | 232 | / |
| Siamashvili | 95 | 185 | / |
| Saamashvili | 95 | 3 | / |
| Siamaishvili | 91 | 30 | / |
| Jamashvili | 90 | 1 | / |
| Semashvili | 90 | 1 | / |
| Dzhamashvili | 82 | 1 | / |
| Samavila | 78 | 2 | / |
| Samavilla | 74 | 14 | / |
| Samavelli | 74 | 13 | / |
| Somavilia | 74 | 2 | / |
| Samawheli | 74 | 1 | / |
| Samoshvyly | 70 | 1 | / |
| Shamaville | 70 | 1 | / |
| Camaşvilli | 70 | 1 | / |
| Somavila | 67 | 441 | / |
| Samavela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somavilla | 63 | 1,962 | / |
| Samoville | 63 | 31 | / |
| Sommavila | 63 | 22 | / |
| Somavilha | 63 | 2 | / |
| Samovilla | 63 | 2 | / |
| Shamawile | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sommavilla | 60 | 1,339 | / |
| Sommaville | 60 | 3 | / |
| Soumavilla | 60 | 2 | / |
| Saymoville | 60 | 1 | / |
| Somovila | 56 | 2 | / |
| Somovile | 56 | 0 | / |
| Somovilla | 53 | 505 | / |
| Somabhele | 53 | 125 | / |
| Shamawele | 53 | 39 | / |
| Siamawele | 53 | 17 | / |
| Samovelle | 53 | 6 | / |
| Shamabele | 53 | 5 | / |
| Samobilay | 53 | 1 | / |
| Somávilla | 53 | 1 | / |
| Seimavela | 53 | 1 | / |
| Somoville | 53 | 1 | / |
| Sommovilla | 50 | 10 | / |
Samashvili Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samashvili in the Georgian language | ||
| სამაშვილი | samashvili | - |
| Samashvili in the Russian language | ||
| Самашвили | samasvili | - |
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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 Samashvili
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