Samij Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Samij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 88 | 1:2,030,044 | 19,416 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Šamij (4) are calculated separately.
Samij (222) may also be a first name.
Samij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samij Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samij (Bengali: সমিজ, Hindi: समीज, Marathi: समीज, Oriya: ସମିଜ) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Šamij. Click here to see other possible spellings of Samij.
How Common Is The Last Name Samij? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,785,358th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Samij reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Samij is also the 605,116th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 222 people.
Samij is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 2,030,044. In Pakistan Samij is primarily concentrated in: Sindh, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Pakistan Samij is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samij Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samij in the Bengali language | ||
| সমিজ | samija | - |
| Samij in the Hindi language | ||
| समीज | samija | - |
| Samij in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମିଜ | samija | - |
| Samij in the Marathi language | ||
| समीज | samija | 80 |
| रमीझ | ramijha | 20 |
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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 Samij
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