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 last name Samirah (Hindi: समीरा, Marathi: समीराह) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Samirah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samirah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 459,064th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,901,557 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Samirah live; 94 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Samirah is also the 27,427th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 30,681 people.
The surname Samirah is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 681 people, or 1 in 194,199. In Indonesia Samirah is most common in: West Java, where 56 percent live, Central Java, where 16 percent live and Yogyakarta, where 6 percent live. Excluding Indonesia it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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