Samei Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Samei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Papua New Guinea | 148 | 1:55,093 | 6,981 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Samei (240) may also be a first name.
Samei Demographics
Average Samei Salary in
United States
$39,471 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samei (Hindi: सामेई, Marathi: समई, Oriya: ସେମଇ, Russian: Самэи) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Samei.
How Common Is The Last Name Samei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samei is the 572,911th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,250,083 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 43 percent of Samei are found; 39 percent are found in North Africa and 39 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Samei is also the 577,234th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 240 people.
This last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Without taking into account Egypt Samei is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Samei Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Samei last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.
The amount Samei earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 8.52% less than the national average, earning $39,471 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.04% more than the national average, earning $70,571 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samei in the Marathi language | ||
| समई | sama'i | - |
| Samei in the Oriya language | ||
| ସେମଇ | sema'i | 81.25 |
| ସାେମଇ | saema'i | 18.75 |
| Samei in the Hindi language | ||
| सामेई | same'i | 50 |
| समेई | same'i | 50 |
| Samei in the Russian language | ||
| Самэи | samei | - |
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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 Samei
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