Samayu Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Samayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Samayu (34) may also be a first name.
Samayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samayu (Marathi: समयु, Oriya: ସାମାୟୁ, Russian: Самаю) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samayu? popularity and diffusion
Samayu is the 1,931,261st most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. Samayu is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Samayu reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 34 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 615,600. In Tanzania Samayu is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samayu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samayu in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମାୟୁ | samayu | - |
| Samayu in the Marathi language | ||
| समयु | samayu | 42.86 |
| समायु | samayu | 42.86 |
| समयू | samayu | 14.29 |
| Samayu in the Russian language | ||
| Самаю | samau | - |
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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 Samayu
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