Samkia Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Samkia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samkia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samkia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samkia is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samkia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Samkia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Samkia are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Samkia is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 532,540. In Cameroon Samkia is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 62 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 28 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samkiat | 92 | 11 | / |
| Samkiah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Somkia | 83 | 13 | / |
| Samkea | 83 | 8 | / |
| Chamkia | 77 | 13 | / |
| Samkhya | 77 | 7 | / |
| Zamkiah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chamkhia | 71 | 41 | / |
| Siamkhio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Semkio | 67 | 13 | / |
| Somkea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jamqia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaimkiad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zemkia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somkeha | 62 | 2 | / |
| Somkeoa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Shomkya | 62 | 1 | / |
| Somkyaa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Shomkyaa | 57 | 9 | / |
| Chamkioy | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chamkeao | 57 | 1 | / |
| Somkheha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chamquia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Choumkia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Camcja | 50 | 2 | / |
| Camqio | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Samkia
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