Samiyu Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Samiyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 172 | 1:1,029,900 | 43,269 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Samiyu (98) may also be a first name.
Samiyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samiyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samiyu (Hindi: समीयु) is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samiyu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,290,735th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Samiyu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 956,749th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 98 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 1,029,900. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 55 percent are found, Borno, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Samiyu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samiyu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samiyu in the Hindi language | ||
| समीयु | samiyu | - |
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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 Samiyu
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