Samith Surname
Approximately 1,481 people bear this surname
Samith Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,316 | 1:15,812 | 2,223 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Chile | 23 | 1:765,934 | 16,989 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Cambodia | 6 | 1:2,581,191 | 8,069 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Samith (14,564) may also be a first name.
Samith Demographics
Average Samith Salary in
United States
$40,849 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samith Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samith Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samith (Hindi: समिथ, Marathi: सिमथ, Tibetan: ས་མིད་) is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samith? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samith is the 264,367th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,920,693 people. The last name Samith is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Samith reside; 90 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 47,364th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 14,564 people.
This last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,316 people, or 1 in 15,812. Excluding Sri Lanka Samith exists in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside.
Samith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Samith has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 285 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Samith Last Name Statistics demography
Samith earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.33% less than the national average, earning $40,849 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samith Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samith in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་མིད་ | sami | - |
| Samith in the Marathi language | ||
| सिमथ | simatha | 72.73 |
| समीथ | samitha | 18.18 |
| समीत | samita | 9.09 |
| Samith in the Hindi language | ||
| समिथ | samitha | 66.67 |
| समीथ | samitha | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Samith
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