Sameya Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Sameya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 67 | 1:236,566 | 14,543 |
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sameya (2,565) may also be a first name.
Sameya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sameya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sameya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﻴﺔ, Hindi: समेया, Marathi: सामेया, Oriya: ସେମୟା) is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sameya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sameya is the 1,465,390th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Sameya are found; 46 percent are found in Southern Africa and 46 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sameya is also the 145,408th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 2,565 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 236,566. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 99 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent reside. Besides Zambia it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 41 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sameya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sameya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﻴﺔ | smyt | - |
| Sameya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସେମୟା | semaya | 70.21 |
| ସାେମୟା | saemaya | 27.66 |
| ଆେଲାକ | aelaka | 2.13 |
| Sameya in the Hindi language | ||
| समेया | sameya | 52.63 |
| सामेया | sameya | 26.32 |
| समेय | sameya | 10.53 |
| समुय्या | samuyya | 5.26 |
| समैया | samaiya | 5.26 |
| Sameya in the Marathi language | ||
| सामेया | sameya | 50 |
| समेया | sameya | 50 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sameya
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