Samje Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Samje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 102 | 1:203,618 | 20,947 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
Samje (21) may also be a first name.
Samje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samje (Marathi: समजे) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Samje.
How Common Is The Last Name Samje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,674,734th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname Samje occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Samje reside; 86 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 203,618. In Cameroon Samje is most common in: Northwest Region, where 94 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 2 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samje in the Marathi language | ||
| समजे | samaje | 85.71 |
| समगे | samage | 14.29 |
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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 Samje
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