Samayi Surname
Approximately 1,552 people bear this surname
Samayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,280 | 1:59,986 | 6,463 |
| India | 208 | 1:3,687,814 | 102,900 |
| Turkey | 23 | 1:3,383,540 | 91,291 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Samayi (216) may also be a first name.
Samayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samayi (Hindi: समयी, Marathi: समयी, Oriya: ସାମାୟୀ) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Samayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 254,471st most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,695,584 people. The surname Samayi occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Samayi live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 614,549th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 216 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Iran, where it is borne by 1,280 people, or 1 in 59,986. In Iran it is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 18 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 12 percent live and Isfahan Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Iran it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent live and Turkey, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samayi in the Hindi language | ||
| समयी | samayi | - |
| Samayi in the Marathi language | ||
| समयी | samayi | 71.43 |
| सामायी | samayi | 28.57 |
| Samayi in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମାୟୀ | samayi | 33.33 |
| ସମାୟୀ | samayi | 33.33 |
| ସମାୟି | samayi | 16.67 |
| ସମାଇ | sama'i | 8.33 |
| ସମୟୀ | samayi | 8.33 |
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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 Samayi
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