Same Surname
Approximately 15,460 people bear this surname
Same Surname Definition:
From Seaham; a location name in Durham.
Same Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,715 | 1:33,862 | 3,580 |
| Cameroon | 1,737 | 1:11,957 | 1,611 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,272 | 1:24,258 | 3,358 |
| South Africa | 1,045 | 1:51,845 | 6,566 |
| India | 1,007 | 1:761,733 | 34,613 |
| Burkina Faso | 781 | 1:23,498 | 1,516 |
| United States | 711 | 1:509,788 | 42,749 |
| France | 530 | 1:125,326 | 19,051 |
| Senegal | 429 | 1:33,984 | 678 |
| Indonesia | 426 | 1:310,444 | 27,422 |
| Benin | 370 | 1:27,934 | 3,693 |
| Ivory Coast | 318 | 1:72,551 | 4,039 |
| Nigeria | 310 | 1:571,428 | 27,680 |
| Pakistan | 278 | 1:642,604 | 9,994 |
| Cuba | 258 | 1:44,662 | 1,911 |
| Iran | 256 | 1:299,932 | 21,236 |
| Papua New Guinea | 255 | 1:31,975 | 3,701 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Algeria | 236 | 1:163,693 | 20,814 |
| Philippines | 233 | 1:434,499 | 54,012 |
| Zimbabwe | 211 | 1:73,167 | 10,843 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Botswana | 199 | 1:10,990 | 2,068 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Thailand | 158 | 1:447,078 | 78,527 |
| Australia | 130 | 1:207,659 | 20,175 |
| Mauritania | 97 | 1:42,215 | 3,219 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Tanzania | 57 | 1:928,800 | 44,452 |
| Malaysia | 51 | 1:578,318 | 28,229 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Afghanistan | 18 | 1:1,786,288 | 13,520 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Jordan | 10 | 1:884,244 | 15,916 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Djibouti | 9 | 1:101,659 | 734 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
The alternate forms: Samé (43) & Samè (3) are calculated separately.
Same (15,626) may also be a first name.
Same Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From Seaham; a location name in Durham.
Same Demographics
Average Male Same Height
174.32 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Same Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Same Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Same (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻡ, Hindi: समे, Marathi: समे, Oriya: ସେମ) is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Samé or Samè. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Same? popularity and diffusion
The surname Same is the 34,289th most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 471,381 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Same are found; 21 percent are found in North Africa and 18 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 45,098th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 15,626 people.
The last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 2,715 people, or 1 in 33,862. Barring Egypt this surname occurs in 114 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent reside.
Same Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Same has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Same last name grew 1,422 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Same Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Same last name is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Christian (92%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Same last name are 3.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.43% being registered with the political party.
The amount Same earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 49.83% less than the national average, earning R 119,232 per year; in United States they earn 6.81% less than the national average, earning $40,209 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.64% less than the national average, earning $32,972 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Same Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Same in the Hindi language | ||
| समे | same | 87.28 |
| सामे | same | 9.41 |
| समी | sami | 1.02 |
| शमी | sami | 0.51 |
| सामी | sami | 0.51 |
| शमे | same | 0.25 |
| श्याम | syama | 0.25 |
| शामे | same | 0.25 |
| Same in the Marathi language | ||
| समे | same | 84.62 |
| सामे | same | 11.54 |
| समॅ | same | 3.85 |
| Same in the Oriya language | ||
| ସେମ | sema | 59.54 |
| ସାେମ | saema | 35.88 |
| ଶାେମ | saema | 3.82 |
| ସାମି | sami | 0.76 |
| Same in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻡ | sam | 58.33 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﻪ | samh | 25 |
| ﺻﺎﻡ | sam | 12.5 |
| ﺻﺎﻣﻪ | samh | 4.17 |
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