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 is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Samkey.
How Common Is The Last Name Samkey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samkey is the 5,812,366th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samkey reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 16 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Samkey occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 9 percent reside.
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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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