Samecha Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Samecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Samecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samecha (Marathi: समेचा) is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samecha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samecha is the 3,543,123rd most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Samecha are found; 61 percent are found in Southern Africa and 61 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Samecha is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 834,206. In Zambia Samecha is most prevalent in: Western Province, where 100 percent live. Not including Zambia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 35 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samecha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samecha in the Marathi language | ||
| समेचा | sameca | - |
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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 Samecha
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