Samay Surname
Approximately 2,101 people bear this surname
Samay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 486 | 1:272,118 | 24,573 |
| India | 477 | 1:1,608,104 | 59,150 |
| United States | 277 | 1:1,308,516 | 91,569 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Turkey | 177 | 1:439,669 | 26,003 |
| Tanzania | 112 | 1:472,693 | 32,330 |
| Philippines | 81 | 1:1,249,855 | 96,172 |
| Russia | 53 | 1:2,719,303 | 152,706 |
| Niger | 50 | 1:383,840 | 10,800 |
| Kazakhstan | 27 | 1:654,907 | 44,542 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Hungary | 16 | 1:613,517 | 35,830 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| Cambodia | 13 | 1:1,191,319 | 5,802 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Samay (22,155) may also be a first name.
Samay Demographics
Average Samay Salary in
United States
$48,328 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samay (Arabic: ساميى, Bengali: সময়, Hindi: समय, Marathi: समाय, Oriya: ସମାୟ, Russian: Самай) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 198,900th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,468,608 people. The surname Samay is mostly found in Asia, where 41 percent of Samay reside; 24 percent reside in South Asia and 23 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Samay is also the 35,024th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 22,155 people.
Samay is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 486 people, or 1 in 272,118. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Papua, where 74 percent reside, Papua, where 10 percent reside and East Nusa Tenggara, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia Samay occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in India, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Samay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Samay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Samay surname increased 9,233 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Samay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Samay surname are 3.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.59% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Samay earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 12% more than the national average, earning $48,328 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.83% more than the national average, earning $53,571 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samay in the Bengali language | ||
| সময় | samaya | - |
| Samay in the Hindi language | ||
| समय | samaya | 99.61 |
| समे | same | 0.09 |
| समाय | samaya | 0.04 |
| समेय | sameya | 0.01 |
| ़समय | samaya | 0.01 |
| श्यामा | syama | 0.01 |
| सामय | samaya | 0.01 |
| समया | samaya | 0.01 |
| Samay in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମାୟ | samaya | 79.95 |
| ସମୟ | samaya | 10.93 |
| ସାମାୟ | samaya | 5.18 |
| ସମାଏ | sama'e | 0.58 |
| ଶାମାୟ | samaya | 0.33 |
| ସାମୟ | samaya | 0.25 |
| ସାମାଏ | sama'e | 0.16 |
| ସମାଇ | sama'i | 0.16 |
| ସମେୟ | sameya | 0.08 |
| ସମ | sama | 0.08 |
| ଶାମୟ | samaya | 0.08 |
| Samay in the Marathi language | ||
| समाय | samaya | 56.06 |
| समय | samaya | 27.23 |
| सामाय | samaya | 11.67 |
| सामय | samaya | 3.2 |
| समलु | samalu | 0.46 |
| शाम | sama | 0.23 |
| शम | sama | 0.23 |
| Samay in the Russian language | ||
| Самай | samaj | - |
| Samay in the Arabic language | ||
| ساميى | samyy | - |
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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 Samay
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