Sameh Surname
Approximately 101,001 people bear this surname
Sameh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 79,381 | 1:1,158 | 167 |
| Syria | 15,936 | 1:1,211 | 162 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,703 | 1:11,415 | 1,576 |
| Jordan | 846 | 1:10,452 | 1,910 |
| Iran | 517 | 1:148,516 | 13,062 |
| Iraq | 503 | 1:69,626 | 2,399 |
| Palestine | 157 | 1:28,974 | 3,934 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Kuwait | 125 | 1:30,406 | 3,898 |
| United Arab Emirates | 117 | 1:78,310 | 7,074 |
| Pakistan | 89 | 1:2,007,235 | 19,294 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| Tunisia | 85 | 1:7,184 | 1,202 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Lebanon | 51 | 1:110,531 | 6,285 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Algeria | 11 | 1:3,511,959 | 46,373 |
| Yemen | 11 | 1:2,402,299 | 14,089 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Sameh (476,606) may also be a first name.
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Sameh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sameh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sameh (Arabic: سامح, Hindi: समेह) occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sameh.
How Common Is The Last Name Sameh? popularity and diffusion
Sameh is the 5,600th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 72,153 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Sameh live; 79 percent live in North Africa and 79 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Sameh is also the 2,122nd most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 476,606 people.
The surname Sameh is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 79,381 people, or 1 in 1,158. Outside of Egypt this last name is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 16 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent live.
Sameh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Greek Orthodox (43%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Sameh surname are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 69.23% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sameh earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 14.27% more than the national average, earning $49,308 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.86% less than the national average, earning $38,822 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sameh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sameh in the Hindi language | ||
| समेह | sameha | - |
| Sameh in the Arabic language | ||
| سامح | samh | - |
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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 Sameh
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