Samel Surname
Approximately 5,191 people bear this surname
Samel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,532 | 1:302,948 | 17,042 |
| Germany | 605 | 1:133,067 | 16,220 |
| Indonesia | 432 | 1:306,132 | 27,113 |
| United States | 412 | 1:879,755 | 66,617 |
| Poland | 341 | 1:111,463 | 16,783 |
| Nigeria | 250 | 1:708,571 | 32,605 |
| Romania | 77 | 1:260,752 | 24,395 |
| Brazil | 67 | 1:3,195,139 | 92,032 |
| Pakistan | 51 | 1:3,502,821 | 26,594 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Slovakia | 19 | 1:280,866 | 41,728 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Sámel (155) & Sämel (9) are calculated separately.
Samel (7,249) may also be a first name.
Samel Demographics
Average Samel Salary in
United States
$50,743 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samel (Bengali: সামেল, Hindi: समेल, Marathi: समेळ, Oriya: ସାେମଲ, Russian: Самель, Tibetan: ས་མེལ་) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Sámel or Sämel. Click here to see other possible spellings of Samel.
How Common Is The Last Name Samel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 92,107th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,403,881 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Samel are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 75,872nd most common first name on earth, held by 7,249 people.
The surname Samel is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 2,532 people, or 1 in 302,948. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 81 percent live, Telangana, where 10 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Not including India this last name exists in 56 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 12 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Samel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Samel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Samel surname rose 2,747 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Samel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Samel surname is predominantly Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Samel are 5.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.62% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Samel earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 17.6% more than the national average, earning $50,743 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.12% more than the national average, earning $50,237 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samel in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་མེལ་ | samel | - |
| Samel in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାେମଲ | saemala | 95.14 |
| ସାେମଲ୍ | saemal | 1.22 |
| Samel in the Marathi language | ||
| समेळ | samela | 93.22 |
| समेल | samela | 3.18 |
| सामेल | samela | 0.69 |
| अमेय | ameya | 0.38 |
| समेऴ | samela | 0.31 |
| अमोल | amola | 0.23 |
| रमेळ | ramela | 0.23 |
| सामेळ | samela | 0.15 |
| समेद | sameda | 0.15 |
| सामल | samala | 0.11 |
| समाल | samala | 0.08 |
| समॆळ | samela | 0.08 |
| Samel in the Hindi language | ||
| समेल | samela | 79.66 |
| सामेल | samela | 15.25 |
| शमेल | samela | 1.69 |
| सामेला | samela | 1.69 |
| Samel in the Bengali language | ||
| সামেল | samela | 57.14 |
| সমেল | samela | 42.86 |
| Samel in the Russian language | ||
| Самель | samel | - |
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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 Samel
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