Samirah Surname
Approximately 736 people bear this surname
Samirah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 681 | 1:194,199 | 18,512 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Samirah (30,681) may also be a first name.
Samirah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samirah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samirah (Hindi: समीरा, Marathi: समीराह) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samirah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 459,064th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,901,557 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Samirah reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 27,427th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 30,681 people.
The surname Samirah is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 681 people, or 1 in 194,199. In Indonesia Samirah is mostly found in: West Java, where 56 percent reside, Central Java, where 16 percent reside and Yogyakarta, where 6 percent reside. Besides Indonesia it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samirah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samirah in the Hindi language | ||
| समीरा | samira | - |
| Samirah in the Marathi language | ||
| समीराह | samiraha | 66.67 |
| समीर | samira | 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 Samirah
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