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
The surname Sammay (Hindi: सम्मय) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sammay.
How Common Is The Last Name Sammay? popularity and diffusion
Sammay is the 1,755,741st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. Sammay is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sammay live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sammay is also the 730,165th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 158 people.
The last name Sammay is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 557,280. In Tanzania Sammay is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 99 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 6 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
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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