Samme Surname
Approximately 1,482 people bear this surname
Samme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 991 | 1:160,804 | 5,900 |
| Cameroon | 142 | 1:146,261 | 16,188 |
| England | 139 | 1:400,849 | 27,632 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Sammé (3) are calculated separately.
Samme (4,222) may also be a first name.
Samme Demographics
Average Samme Salary in
United States
$61,111 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: सम्मे, Marathi: शमीम, Russian: Саммэ) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It can also be found as: Sammé. Click here for other possible spellings of Samme.
How Common Is The Last Name Samme? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 264,221st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,917,372 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Samme reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 106,756th most common given name internationally, held by 4,222 people.
The last name is most widely held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 991 people, or 1 in 160,804. Outside of Bangladesh this last name exists in 31 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.
Samme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Samme has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Samme surname expanded 632 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 157 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Samme Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Samme last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Samme earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 41.63% more than the national average, earning $61,111 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samme in the Marathi language | ||
| शमीम | samima | - |
| Samme in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्मे | sam'me | 96.7 |
| साम्मे | sam'me | 1.1 |
| सम्मी | sam'mi | 1.1 |
| Samme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻣﻪ | samh | 50 |
| ﺳﺎﻡ | sam | 25 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻣﻪ | alsamh | 25 |
| Samme in the Russian language | ||
| Саммэ | samme | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Samme
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