Samau Surname
Approximately 1,718 people bear this surname
Samau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 799 | 1:960,032 | 40,990 |
| Indonesia | 492 | 1:268,799 | 24,292 |
| Samoa | 243 | 1:798 | 243 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95 | 1:85,829 | 11,359 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Maldives | 9 | 1:44,908 | 2,305 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Samau (1,578) may also be a first name.
Samau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samau (Bengali: সামাউ, Hindi: समाऊ, Marathi: समाऊ) is found most in India. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samau is the 234,472nd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,241,878 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Samau reside; 47 percent reside in South Asia and 47 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Samau is also the 194,758th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 1,578 people.
This surname is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 799 people, or 1 in 960,032. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 92 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 6 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 0 percent are found. Other than India this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 29 percent are found and Samoa, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samau in the Bengali language | ||
| সামাউ | sama'u | 89.47 |
| সমাউ | sama'u | 10.53 |
| Samau in the Marathi language | ||
| समाऊ | sama'u | 53.33 |
| समाउ | sama'u | 30 |
| समऊ | sama'u | 10 |
| सनाऊ | sana'u | 3.33 |
| समउ | sama'u | 3.33 |
| Samau in the Hindi language | ||
| समाऊ | sama'u | 43.48 |
| समऊ | sama'u | 21.74 |
| समौ | samau | 13.04 |
| समाउ | sama'u | 11.59 |
| सामौ | samau | 2.9 |
| सामो | samo | 1.45 |
| सामाू | samau | 1.45 |
| सामाउ | sama'u | 1.45 |
| समउ | sama'u | 1.45 |
| शमाऊ | sama'u | 1.45 |
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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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- 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 Samau
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