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
Samei Political Affiliation
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Samei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samei (Hindi: सामेई, Marathi: समई, Oriya: ସେମଇ, Russian: Самэи) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samei is the 572,911th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 43 percent of Samei reside; 39 percent reside in North Africa and 39 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Samei is also the 577,234th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 240 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Besides Egypt it exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Samei Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Samei are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the 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
- 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 Samei
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