Samer Surname
Approximately 50,723 people bear this surname
Samer Surname User-submission:
The Samer surname means 'talking in night', 'spend most time at night'.
Samer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 39,050 | 1:2,354 | 317 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,663 | 1:11,587 | 1,602 |
| Algeria | 2,144 | 1:18,018 | 3,299 |
| Syria | 1,500 | 1:12,867 | 1,062 |
| Yemen | 1,029 | 1:25,681 | 2,548 |
| Iran | 567 | 1:135,419 | 12,256 |
| Austria | 474 | 1:17,965 | 2,753 |
| Thailand | 396 | 1:178,380 | 29,012 |
| India | 348 | 1:2,204,211 | 73,357 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Iraq | 293 | 1:119,528 | 3,373 |
| United States | 289 | 1:1,254,183 | 88,515 |
| Germany | 273 | 1:294,892 | 30,449 |
| Turkey | 247 | 1:315,066 | 20,403 |
| Philippines | 160 | 1:632,739 | 67,224 |
| Indonesia | 136 | 1:972,421 | 71,642 |
| United Arab Emirates | 110 | 1:83,293 | 7,578 |
| France | 102 | 1:651,203 | 84,246 |
| Pakistan | 101 | 1:1,768,751 | 17,893 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Russia | 51 | 1:2,825,942 | 156,501 |
| Qatar | 50 | 1:47,160 | 4,880 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Jordan | 19 | 1:465,391 | 12,761 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Northern Cyprus | 17 | 1:18,765 | 4,655 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 1:1,964,722 | 89,832 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
The alternate forms: Sämer (34), Samér (4) & Şamer (1) are calculated separately.
Samer (220,683) may also be a first name.
Samer Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Samer surname means 'talking in night', 'spend most time at night'.
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Samer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samer (Arabic: سامر, Bengali: সমের, Hindi: समेर, Marathi: सामेर, Oriya: ସମୀର, Russian: Самер, Tibetan: ས་མིར་) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Sämer, Samér or Şamer. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samer? popularity and diffusion
Samer is the 11,076th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 143,673 people. The surname Samer is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Samer are found; 82 percent are found in North Africa and 77 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Samer is also the 4,735th most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 220,683 people.
The last name Samer is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 39,050 people, or 1 in 2,354. Barring Egypt this surname occurs in 76 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent live and Algeria, where 4 percent live.
Samer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Samer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Samer surname grew 1,070 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Samer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Samer surname are 29.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 82.35% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Samer earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 24.02% more than the national average, earning 429,214 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.62% more than the national average, earning $45,141 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.77% more than the national average, earning $74,408 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samer in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་མིར་ | samir | - |
| Samer in the Bengali language | ||
| সমের | samera | - |
| Samer in the Hindi language | ||
| समेर | samera | 92.16 |
| समर | samara | 3.43 |
| समीर | samira | 3.27 |
| सामेर | samera | 0.33 |
| सामीर | samira | 0.16 |
| शमेर | samera | 0.16 |
| शंेर | samera | 0.16 |
| Samer in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମୀର | samira | 66.67 |
| ସମେସର | samesara | 33.33 |
| Samer in the Marathi language | ||
| सामेर | samera | 43.21 |
| समीर | samira | 30.86 |
| समेर | samera | 16.05 |
| समर | samara | 5.56 |
| सनेर | sanera | 1.23 |
| सानेर | sanera | 1.23 |
| समारे | samare | 0.62 |
| समोर | samora | 0.62 |
| Samer in the Russian language | ||
| Самер | samer | - |
| Samer in the Arabic language | ||
| سامر | samr | - |
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