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
Sammy Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sammy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sammy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sammy (Hindi: सम्मी, Marathi: सामी) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sammy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 18,911th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 250,139 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Sammy are found; 57 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 5,015th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 208,163 people.
Sammy is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 15,794 people, or 1 in 2,924. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kitui County, where 31 percent live, Makueni County, where 17 percent live and Machakos County, where 14 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in 110 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Bangladesh, where 6 percent live.
Sammy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sammy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sammy last name grew 4,567 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 16,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sammy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (99%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Sammy last name are 10.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.22% registered to vote for the political 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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- 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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