Samelis Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Samelis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 108 | 1:102,591 | 17,261 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
The alternate forms: Šamelis (1) are calculated separately.
Samelis (20) may also be a first name.
Samelis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samelis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samelis (Russian: Самелис) is found most frequently in Greece. It can also be found in the variant forms: Šamelis. For other possible spellings of Samelis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samelis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,674,734th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Samelis are found; 92 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Samelis is also the 2,446,817th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 20 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 102,591. In Greece Samelis is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 67 percent reside, Peloponnese, where 29 percent reside and Epirus, where 4 percent reside. Barring Greece this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Argentina, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samelis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samelis in the Russian language | ||
| Самелис | samelis | - |
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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 Samelis
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