Sammy Surname
Approximately 29,134 people bear this surname
Sammy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 15,794 | 1:2,924 | 459 |
| Nigeria | 2,192 | 1:80,813 | 5,730 |
| Bangladesh | 1,802 | 1:88,433 | 3,976 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,712 | 1:797 | 105 |
| Ghana | 1,247 | 1:21,669 | 2,663 |
| United States | 685 | 1:529,137 | 44,078 |
| Liberia | 680 | 1:6,483 | 771 |
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Papua New Guinea | 635 | 1:12,840 | 1,197 |
| Tanzania | 617 | 1:85,805 | 8,715 |
| Israel | 392 | 1:21,831 | 3,244 |
| Guyana | 332 | 1:2,296 | 417 |
| Malaysia | 307 | 1:96,072 | 6,626 |
| South Africa | 246 | 1:220,235 | 23,087 |
| Canada | 233 | 1:158,136 | 16,024 |
| Hong Kong | 169 | 1:43,405 | 774 |
| England | 168 | 1:331,655 | 24,447 |
| Philippines | 153 | 1:661,688 | 68,918 |
| India | 140 | 1:5,479,038 | 132,955 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Saint Lucia | 89 | 1:2,009 | 345 |
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| Solomon Islands | 77 | 1:7,533 | 1,189 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Venezuela | 41 | 1:736,685 | 12,312 |
| Australia | 39 | 1:692,197 | 46,687 |
| Suriname | 32 | 1:17,269 | 4,028 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| China | 28 | 1:48,832,913 | 2,633 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| South Sudan | 25 | 1:456,603 | 797 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Yemen | 19 | 1:1,390,805 | 12,068 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Nicaragua | 11 | 1:547,372 | 3,850 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Grenada | 4 | 1:27,134 | 1,180 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Sammy (208,163) may also be a first name.
Sammy Demographics
Average Sammy Salary in
United States
$42,971 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sammy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sammy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sammy (Hindi: सम्मी, Marathi: सामी) is found most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sammy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sammy is the 18,911th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 250,139 people. The last name Sammy is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Sammy reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sammy is also the 5,015th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 208,163 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 15,794 people, or 1 in 2,924. In Kenya Sammy is mostly concentrated in: Kitui County, where 31 percent are found, Makueni County, where 17 percent are found and Machakos County, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya Sammy is found in 110 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 6 percent are found.
Sammy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sammy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sammy last name expanded 4,567 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 16,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sammy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sammy last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Sammy surname are 10.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.22% being registered with the party.
The amount Sammy earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 6.75% more than the national average, earning R 253,680 per year; in United States they earn 0.41% less than the national average, earning $42,971 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.28% more than the national average, earning $49,821 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sammy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sammy in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्मी | sam'mi | 66.67 |
| समी | sami | 16.67 |
| सम्मे | sam'me | 16.67 |
| Sammy in the Marathi language | ||
| सामी | sami | 50 |
| सँमी | sammi | 50 |
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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 Sammy
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