Samawah Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Samawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Samawah (118) may also be a first name.
Samawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samawah occurs in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Samawah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samawah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Samawah live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 859,937th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, held by 118 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 5,118,835. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 93 percent live and Isfahan Province, where 7 percent live. Aside from Iran this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 6 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Samawah
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