Samker Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Samker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Samker Last Name Facts

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

Samker (Hindi: सामकेर, Marathi: सामकेर) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Samker click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samker? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Samker reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Samker is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Samker Last Name Statistics demography

Samker earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.61% more than the national average, earning R 329,388 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samkerr9214/
Shamker926/
Samkere925/
Samkher922/
Samkeer921/
Somker833/
Jamker833/
Camker833/
Semker832/
Samkre831/
Somkerd7738/
Shamkir7721/
Somkert7720/
Shomker779/
Jamkerd776/
Samcher772/
Shemker771/
Jamkear771/
Somkeur771/
Sehmker770/
Shoemker713/
Schomker713/
Szemkier712/
Schemker711/
Shamkyor711/
Sheimker711/
Samkirth711/
Soehmker710/
Çamkir6774/
Semkir6725/
Camkir677/
Jamkir672/
Shoemkker671/
Samcir671/
Somcher6244/
Somkird626/
Joomker621/
Zamkair621/
Chomkerd576/
Shomkyor574/
Chomkert574/

Samker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samker in the Marathi language
सामकेरsamakera-
Samker in the Hindi language
सामकेरsamakera66.67
समकेरsamakera33.33

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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 Samker
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