Samaya Surname
Approximately 1,158 people bear this surname
Samaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 542 | 1:141,665 | 12,684 |
| India | 151 | 1:5,079,903 | 126,627 |
| Argentina | 100 | 1:427,434 | 32,472 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Pakistan | 23 | 1:7,767,125 | 41,967 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Samaya (6,469) may also be a first name.
Samaya Demographics
Samaya Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Samaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samaya (Arabic: سامايا, Bengali: সময়া, Hindi: समय, Marathi: समया, Oriya: ସମାୟ) occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Samaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 322,243rd most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,293,218 people. The last name Samaya is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Samaya live; 62 percent live in South Asia and 49 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Samaya is also the 81,660th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 6,469 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 542 people, or 1 in 141,665. In Iran it is most numerous in: Isfahan Province, where 71 percent are found, Khuzestan Province, where 12 percent are found and Hormozgan Province, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Iran this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent are found and Argentina, where 9 percent are found.
Samaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
Samaya earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.56% less than the national average, earning $20,472 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaya in the Bengali language | ||
| সময়া | samaya | - |
| Samaya in the Marathi language | ||
| समया | samaya | 92.86 |
| समाया | samaya | 1.92 |
| सामया | samaya | 1.13 |
| रामया | ramaya | 1.05 |
| सांबया | sambaya | 0.35 |
| िसमला | isamala | 0.26 |
| सोमया | somaya | 0.17 |
| संजय | sanjaya | 0.17 |
| हन्मया | hanmaya | 0.09 |
| सामाया | samaya | 0.09 |
| समय | samaya | 0.09 |
| सूमया | sumaya | 0.09 |
| समैया | samaiya | 0.09 |
| िशवया | isavaya | 0.09 |
| शामया | samaya | 0.09 |
| सामेया | sameya | 0.09 |
| Samaya in the Hindi language | ||
| समय | samaya | 87.78 |
| समया | samaya | 8.02 |
| समाया | samaya | 2.4 |
| सामाया | samaya | 0.4 |
| समाय | samaya | 0.4 |
| सामया | samaya | 0.2 |
| सुमाया | sumaya | 0.2 |
| साामया | saamaya | 0.2 |
| Samaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମାୟ | samaya | 40.16 |
| ସମୟ | samaya | 24.41 |
| ସାମାୟା | samaya | 8.4 |
| ସମାୟା | samaya | 8.14 |
| ସମୟା | samaya | 7.87 |
| ସମୟର | samayara | 6.3 |
| ସାମାୟ | samaya | 2.36 |
| ସାମୟା | samaya | 1.31 |
| ସମାଏ | sama'e | 0.26 |
| େସାମାୟା | esamaya | 0.26 |
| କାମାୟା | kamaya | 0.26 |
| Samaya in the Arabic language | ||
| سامايا | samaya | - |
| سمايا | smaya | - |
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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 Samaya
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