Samiels Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Samiels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Samiels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samiels Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samiels is found most in Ghana. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samiels? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Samiels live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Samiels is most widespread in Ghana, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Besides Ghana this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 43 percent reside.
Samiels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Samiels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Samiels surname declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samiells | 93 | 0 | / |
| Samels | 92 | 200 | / |
| Samils | 92 | 36 | / |
| Samuels | 86 | 80,372 | / |
| Sameuls | 86 | 454 | / |
| Sammels | 86 | 371 | / |
| Sammils | 86 | 32 | / |
| Samells | 86 | 21 | / |
| Sameals | 86 | 5 | / |
| Samuils | 86 | 3 | / |
| Shamels | 86 | 3 | / |
| Samails | 86 | 2 | / |
| Samyels | 86 | 1 | / |
| Saumels | 86 | 1 | / |
| Scamels | 86 | 1 | / |
| Samaels | 86 | 1 | / |
| Somiels | 86 | 0 | / |
| Samls | 83 | 0 | / |
| Samuells | 80 | 78 | / |
| Sammells | 80 | 75 | / |
| Sammuels | 80 | 47 | / |
| Samuelsz | 80 | 39 | / |
| Scammels | 80 | 24 | / |
| Sommiels | 80 | 15 | / |
| Samueles | 80 | 10 | / |
| Sameuels | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sammeuls | 80 | 2 | / |
| Samuelss | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sameules | 80 | 1 | / |
| Saimuels | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ssamuels | 80 | 1 | / |
| Saumells | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sameulse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sameulls | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sammills | 80 | 0 | / |
| Seamuels | 80 | 0 | / |
| Semels | 77 | 83 | / |
| Camels | 77 | 8 | / |
| Samles | 77 | 6 | / |
| Samlls | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jamils | 77 | 2 | / |
| Jamels | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sammls | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shamls | 77 | 0 | / |
| Somels | 77 | 0 | / |
| Scammells | 75 | 106 | / |
| Samuelles | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shemels | 71 | 3,869 | / |
| Zamuels | 71 | 22 | / |
| Jamilse | 71 | 13 | / |
| Semuels | 71 | 9 | / |
| Cammels | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sahamuells | 71 | 3 | / |
| Samauls | 71 | 3 | / |
| Schamuells | 71 | 2 | / |
| Giamels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samuelz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sommels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Semmels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shemils | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samailz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Camells | 71 | 0 | / |
| Chamels | 71 | 0 | / |
| Camilles | 67 | 32 | / |
| Scammmmells | 67 | 1 | / |
| Semuells | 67 | 1 | / |
| Semls | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samoyles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cammells | 67 | 0 | / |
| Samlz | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Samiels
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