Samey Surname
Approximately 1,605 people bear this surname
Samey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 732 | 1:125,595 | 10,096 |
| Niger | 531 | 1:36,143 | 1,991 |
| Benin | 243 | 1:42,533 | 5,451 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Samey (2,759) may also be a first name.
Samey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samey (Hindi: समेय, Marathi: समेय, Russian: Самей, Tibetan: ས་མེད།) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Samey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samey? popularity and diffusion
Samey is the 247,748th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 4,540,527 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Samey reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 139,085th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 2,759 people.
Samey is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 125,595. Barring Egypt this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 33 percent reside and Benin, where 15 percent reside.
Samey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Samey has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Samey last name decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samey in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་མེད། | samé | - |
| Samey in the Marathi language | ||
| समेय | sameya | 88.89 |
| सामेय | sameya | 11.11 |
| Samey in the Hindi language | ||
| समेय | sameya | 84.62 |
| समय | samaya | 15.38 |
| Samey in the Russian language | ||
| Самей | samej | - |
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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 Samey
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