Samkel Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Samkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines251:4,049,529157,830
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Samkel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samkel Come From? nationality or country of origin

Samkel is most common in The Philippines. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samkel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Samkel is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Samkel live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Samkel is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 4,049,529. In The Philippines Samkel is most common in: Soccsksargen, where 92 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 4 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 4 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shaumkel861/
Samkil8379/
Samcel838/
Jamkel831/
Schaumkel80545/
Chamkel7728/
Samquel775/
Samceel774/
Somkael771/
Schaumkell7541/
Shamkelova7512/
Schemkel716/
Jamkil67137/
Jomkel671/
Somkld671/
Samqul671/
Samkilova671/
Chamkl670/
Soumkil623/
Zemkael622/
Samchil621/
Jomkil501/

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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 Samkel
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