Samiji Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Samiji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 266 | 1:199,029 | 17,000 |
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samiji (207) may also be a first name.
Samiji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samiji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samiji (Hindi: सामीजी, Marathi: सािमजी) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Samiji.
How Common Is The Last Name Samiji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samiji is the 820,032nd most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Samiji are found; 79 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 629,010th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 207 people.
The surname Samiji is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 266 people, or 1 in 199,029. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 47 percent reside, Tanga Region, where 23 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 21 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samiji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samiji in the Marathi language | ||
| सािमजी | saimaji | - |
| Samiji in the Hindi language | ||
| सामीजी | samiji | 33.33 |
| सामिजी | samiji | 33.33 |
| समीजी | samiji | 33.33 |
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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 Samiji
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