Sammay Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Sammay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 95 | 1:557,280 | 35,395 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sammay (158) may also be a first name.
Sammay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sammay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sammay (Hindi: सम्मय) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sammay? popularity and diffusion
Sammay is the 1,755,741st most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sammay reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sammay is also the 730,165th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 158 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 557,280. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 99 percent live and Manyara Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 6 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sammay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sammay in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्मय | sam'maya | - |
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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 Sammay
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