Samkov Surname
Approximately 2,052 people bear this surname
Samkov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 1,338 | 1:107,715 | 13,141 |
| Ukraine | 531 | 1:85,730 | 12,290 |
| Belarus | 119 | 1:79,841 | 12,748 |
| Kazakhstan | 26 | 1:680,096 | 45,825 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
The alternate forms: Šamkov (1) are calculated separately.
Samkov Demographics
Samkov Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Samkov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samkov Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samkov (Georgian: სამკოვი, Russian: Самков) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Šamkov. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samkov? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 202,865th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,551,436 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Samkov reside; 73 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 72 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
The surname Samkov is most commonly used in Russia, where it is borne by 1,338 people, or 1 in 107,715. In Russia Samkov is primarily found in: Perm Krai, where 14 percent live, Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 11 percent live and Novosibirsk Oblast, where 6 percent live. Barring Russia it exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 26 percent live and Belarus, where 6 percent live.
Samkov Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Samkov last name is principally Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (80%) in Belarus and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Samkov are 4.38% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 51.15% being registered with the political party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samkov Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samkov in the Georgian language | ||
| სამკოვი | samkovi | 50 |
| სამკოვ | samkov | 50 |
| Samkov in the Russian language | ||
| Самков | samkov | - |
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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 Samkov
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