Samhoon Surname
Approximately 378 people bear this surname
Samhoon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Samhoon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samhoon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samhoon is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samhoon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 757,040th most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 19,279,222 people. Samhoon occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Samhoon live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 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 Samhoon
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