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 surname Samawah occurs most in Iran. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samawah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Samawah is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Samawah reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Samawah is also the 859,937th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 118 people.
This last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 5,118,835. In Iran Samawah is mostly found in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 93 percent live and Isfahan Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Iran it is found in one country. It is also common 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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