Samaun Surname
Approximately 2,499 people bear this surname
Samaun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,504 | 1:87,932 | 9,210 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| India | 126 | 1:6,087,820 | 142,101 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Samaun (7,267) may also be a first name.
Samaun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samaun (Hindi: समाउन, Marathi: समाऊन, Oriya: ସମାଉନ) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 172,166th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,916,185 people. The last name Samaun is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Samaun live; 61 percent live in Southeast Asia and 61 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 75,731st most numerous first name on earth It is held by 7,267 people.
It is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,504 people, or 1 in 87,932. In Indonesia Samaun is most frequent in: Gorontalo, where 36 percent reside, North Maluku, where 17 percent reside and North Sulawesi, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 32 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaun in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମାଉନ | sama'una | 42.86 |
| ଶାମଊନ | sama'una | 14.29 |
| ସାମିଉଲା | sami'ula | 14.29 |
| ସମାଊନ | sama'una | 14.29 |
| ସମଉନ | sama'una | 14.29 |
| Samaun in the Marathi language | ||
| समाऊन | sama'una | 40 |
| समाउन | sama'una | 26.67 |
| समऊन | sama'una | 13.33 |
| समउन | sama'una | 13.33 |
| सामाऊन | sama'una | 6.67 |
| Samaun in the Hindi language | ||
| समाउन | sama'una | 38.24 |
| समउन | sama'una | 25 |
| समऊन | sama'una | 16.18 |
| समाऊन | sama'una | 13.24 |
| समौन | samauna | 4.41 |
| समून | samuna | 1.47 |
| समाऊं | sama'um | 1.47 |
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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 Samaun
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