Samente Surname

429,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 804 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Samente Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samente Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7351:73,7119,169
Botswana281:78,10513,263
Lesotho231:88,37210,414
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Samente (21) may also be a first name.

Samente Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samente Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Samente occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samente? popularity and diffusion

The surname Samente is the 429,044th most frequent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 9,064,112 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Samente live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Samente is also the 2,368,944th most common first name world-wide It is held by 21 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 735 people, or 1 in 73,711. In South Africa Samente is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 60 percent reside, Western Cape, where 23 percent reside and Gauteng, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 3 percent reside and Lesotho, where 3 percent reside.

Samente Last Name Statistics demography

Samente earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.32% less than the national average, earning R 103,812 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samentes931/
Samentie931/
Sament9220/
Semente8617,261/
Somente8622/
Samenta8613/
Samenti8611/
Camente862/
Samentz861/
Samemte861/
Samennt861/
Seament860/
Samnt83193/
Samienta8089/
Chamente8016/
Siamenta8013/
Samentha806/
Samentay806/
Saumentt801/
Sementei801/
Samnta77233/
Samint775/
Samnth771/
Samend771/
Samnti771/
Shamnt771/
Somnte771/
Shamentha751/
Saminta71154/
Sementi7193/
Seamend7113/
Jaminte7112/
Saminti718/
Caminte715/
Somenti714/
Saamnta713/
Sementé713/
Shamend712/
Comente712/
Sementè711/
Sammend711/
Sominte711/
Somenta711/
Somnteh711/
Seminte711/
Seyment710/
Samntha710/
Shomenta6721/
Samintha679/
Samintoi679/
Samnd677/
Sementhy675/
Sementhi674/
Samminti674/
Seimentz673/
Shamnthi671/
Jaimenti671/
Chaument671/
Seamends670/

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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 Samente
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