Samej Surname
Approximately 7,861 people bear this surname
Samej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7,852 | 1:97,690 | 6,432 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samej (1,705) may also be a first name.
Samej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samej (Hindi: समेज, Marathi: समेज) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samej? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 63,716th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 927,051 people. Samej occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Samej are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 186,065th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 1,705 people.
The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 7,852 people, or 1 in 97,690. In India Samej is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 100 percent live, Assam, where 0 percent live and Maharashtra, where 0 percent live. Not including India this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samej Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samej in the Hindi language | ||
| समेज | sameja | - |
| Samej in the Marathi language | ||
| समेज | sameja | 85.71 |
| सामेज | sameja | 14.29 |
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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 Samej
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