Samkey Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Samkey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Samkey (16) may also be a first name.
Samkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samkey occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samkey? popularity and diffusion
Samkey is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samkey reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samkey is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Samkey is most common in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Samkey
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