Samham Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Samham Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 57 | 1:271,704 | 3,380 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Samham (122) may also be a first name.
Samham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samham Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samham is held by more people in Cambodia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Samham click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samham? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,436,415th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Samham live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 844,248th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 122 people.
Samham is most frequently held in Cambodia, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 271,704. In Cambodia it is primarily concentrated in: Kandal Province, where 67 percent live, Phnom Penh, where 16 percent live and Takéo Province, where 11 percent live. Not including Cambodia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
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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 Samham
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