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།) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 247,748th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,540,527 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Samey live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Samey is also the 139,085th most numerous first name globally It is held by 2,759 people.
The surname Samey is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 125,595. Aside from Egypt this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 33 percent are found and Benin, where 15 percent are found.
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 fell 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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