Samka Surname
Approximately 2,524 people bear this surname
Samka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,708 | 1:53,827 | 5,185 |
| South Africa | 538 | 1:100,702 | 12,197 |
| Cameroon | 71 | 1:292,522 | 27,501 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Russia | 36 | 1:4,003,418 | 194,829 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Lebanon | 11 | 1:512,462 | 12,816 |
| Yemen | 11 | 1:2,402,299 | 14,089 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Samka (2,042) may also be a first name.
Samka Demographics
Samka Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Samka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﻚ, Hindi: समका, Marathi: सामका, Russian: Самка) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Samka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 170,723rd most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,887,300 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Samka are found; 68 percent are found in North Africa and 68 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Samka is also the 166,947th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 2,042 people.
It is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 1,708 people, or 1 in 53,827. Besides Egypt this surname exists in 35 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Samka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Samka earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.7% less than the national average, earning R 140,916 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﻚ | smk | - |
| Samka in the Hindi language | ||
| समका | samaka | 88.24 |
| सम्का | samka | 11.76 |
| Samka in the Marathi language | ||
| सामका | samaka | 70.97 |
| समका | samaka | 25.81 |
| सामा | sama | 3.23 |
| Samka in the Russian language | ||
| Самка | samka | - |
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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 Samka
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