Samden Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Samden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
Nepal371:769,7565,333
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Bhutan61:102,673847
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Samden (587) may also be a first name.

Samden Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samden Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Samden (Hindi: सामदेन, Marathi: समाधन, Tibetan: བསམ་སྒྲོན།) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samden? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 887,624th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Samden live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 345,345th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 587 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Apart from Malawi this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 12 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shamden9285/
Samdeen924/
Samdeng922/
Samdn914/
Shamdeen86274/
Shamdien863/
Camden834,851/
Sanden834,374/
Samdin83493/
Jamden8310/
Zamden831/
Shamddeen801/
Sandeen77958/
Sandeng7792/
Shamdin7739/
Saunden7710/
Sandaen774/
Jamdeen773/
Shanden773/
Sandien773/
Samding773/
Sandøen773/
Sanduen773/
Shamdyn773/
Samdina771/
Chamden771/
Sandehn771/
Zamdeen771/
Sandeun770/
Sandoen770/
Sannden770/
Sandn739/
Sandienė7183/
Shandeen716/
Sandduen711/
Shahmdin711/
Sahamdin711/
Satmddin711/
Seandaen711/
Shamddin711/
Saindaen711/
Sandin678,318/
Sandén671,398/
Zanden67395/
Sandem67249/
Comden67205/
Zamdin67179/
Sonden6783/
Jamdin6762/
Sandyn6759/
Somdin6754/
Sandín6732/
Sandhn6712/
Samdim676/
Samdinova675/
Sahamddin674/
Sandenova674/
Semdin674/
Sandèn674/
Jaimdn671/
Shahamdin671/
Semdyn671/
Somdem671/
Camdin671/
Camdyn671/
Jamdem671/
Çömden671/
Schandien670/

Samden Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samden in the Hindi language
सामदेनsamadena-
Samden in the Marathi language
समाधनsamadhana-
Samden in the Tibetan language
བསམ་སྒྲོན།samdrön69.23
བསམ་ལྡན།samden15.38
བསམ་ལྡན་samden7.69
བསམ་རྟན།samten7.69

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Samden
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