Sameal Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Sameal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Sameal (97) may also be a first name.
Sameal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sameal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sameal (Tibetan: སཱ་མེལ་) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sameal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sameal is the 3,602,217th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Sameal is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Sameal are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sameal is also the 962,660th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 97 people.
The surname Sameal is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Sameal is most common in: Kogi, where 58 percent are found, Adamawa, where 8 percent are found and Delta, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Sameal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sameal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sameal last name fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sameal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sameal in the Tibetan language | ||
| སཱ་མེལ་ | samel | - |
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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 Sameal
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