Samla Surname
Approximately 1,599 people bear this surname
Samla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 633 | 1:159,934 | 26,341 |
| India | 311 | 1:2,466,448 | 79,091 |
| Tanzania | 239 | 1:221,513 | 18,438 |
| South Africa | 136 | 1:398,365 | 35,171 |
| Thailand | 104 | 1:679,215 | 113,538 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Maldives | 30 | 1:13,472 | 988 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Šamla (9) are calculated separately.
Samla (8,129) may also be a first name.
Samla Demographics
Average Samla Salary in
United States
$47,180 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samla (Bengali: সমলা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﻠﻪ, Hindi: समला, Marathi: समला, Oriya: ସାମଲ, Russian: Самла) occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Šamla. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 248,464th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 4,557,565 people. The last name Samla is predominantly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Samla are found; 48 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 29 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Samla is also the 70,315th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 8,129 people.
The last name is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 633 people, or 1 in 159,934. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 68 percent are found, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 29 percent are found and Davao Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside The Philippines Samla exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent are found and Tanzania, where 15 percent are found.
Samla Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Samla earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 34.82% less than the national average, earning R 154,884 per year and in United States they earn 9.34% more than the national average, earning $47,180 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﻠﻪ | smlh | - |
| Samla in the Bengali language | ||
| সমলা | samala | - |
| Samla in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମଲ | samala | - |
| Samla in the Hindi language | ||
| समला | samala | 95.81 |
| सामला | samala | 3.64 |
| सम्ला | samla | 0.13 |
| शमला | samala | 0.08 |
| साम्ला | samla | 0.08 |
| शिमला | simala | 0.08 |
| समल | samala | 0.03 |
| संला | sanla | 0.03 |
| शम्ला | samla | 0.03 |
| Samla in the Marathi language | ||
| समला | samala | 67.03 |
| सामळा | samala | 14.84 |
| सामला | samala | 13.74 |
| शामला | samala | 1.1 |
| ेशाम | esama | 1.1 |
| Samla in the Russian language | ||
| Самла | samla | - |
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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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- 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 Samla
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