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 last name Samau (Bengali: সামাউ, Hindi: समाऊ, Marathi: समाऊ) is found most frequently in India. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 234,472nd most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,241,878 people. The last name Samau occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Samau are found; 47 percent are found in South Asia and 47 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 194,758th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 1,578 people.
The surname Samau is most widely held in India, where it is held by 799 people, or 1 in 960,032. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 92 percent live, Jharkhand, where 6 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Other than India this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and Samoa, where 14 percent live.
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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