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.
Sameh Demographics
Average Sameh Salary in
United States
$49,308 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sameh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sameh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sameh (Arabic: سامح, Hindi: समेह) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Sameh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sameh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,600th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 72,153 people. This last name is predominantly found 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 held first name world-wide, held by 476,606 people.
Sameh is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 79,381 people, or 1 in 1,158. Other than Egypt it is found in 52 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 16 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent are found.
Sameh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Greek Orthodox (43%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Sameh last name are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 69.23% being registered with 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
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- 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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