Sammey Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Sammey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Sammey (110) may also be a first name.
Sammey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sammey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sammey (Hindi: सम्मेय) is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sammey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Sammey reside; 28 percent reside in West Africa and 28 percent reside in British Isles. Sammey is also the 895,203rd most commonly held first name on earth, held by 110 people.
This last name is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England Sammey is primarily found in: Greater London, where 100 percent reside. Besides England this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.
Sammey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sammey has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Sammey last name increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sammey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sammey in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्मेय | sam'meya | - |
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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 Sammey
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