Samaš Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Samaš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 27 | 1:197,646 | 32,915 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
The alternate forms: Samas (1,963) & Samáš (10) are calculated separately.
Samaš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samaš is borne by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Samas or Samáš. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaš? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Samaš live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 197,646. In Slovakia Samaš is mostly concentrated in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 41 percent reside, Trenčín Region, where 22 percent reside and Košice Region, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Slovakia it is found in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 31 percent reside.
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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 Samaš
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