Samawa Surname
Approximately 2,860 people bear this surname
Samawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| Tanzania | 198 | 1:267,382 | 21,207 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Samawa (65) may also be a first name.
Samawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samawa (Arabic: سماوه) is found in Sudan more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 153,670th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,548,093 people. The surname Samawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Samawa live; 88 percent live in North Africa and 88 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 65 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Sudan, where it is borne by 2,520 people, or 1 in 14,885. Excluding Sudan it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samawa in the Arabic language | ||
| سماوه | smawh | - |
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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 Samawa
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