Samna Surname
Approximately 3,564 people bear this surname
Samna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,778 | 1:10,794 | 815 |
| Yemen | 601 | 1:43,969 | 3,686 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| India | 193 | 1:3,974,432 | 108,189 |
| Lebanon | 149 | 1:37,833 | 3,566 |
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Syria | 68 | 1:283,839 | 4,423 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Maldives | 10 | 1:40,417 | 2,132 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Samna (4,321) may also be a first name.
Samna Demographics
Average Samna Salary in
United States
$54,607 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samna (Bengali: সমনা, Hindi: सामना, Marathi: समना, Oriya: ସାମନା, Russian: Самна) is most common in Niger. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Samna click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samna? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samna is the 127,306th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,044,766 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Samna are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 105,194th most widespread given name globally, borne by 4,321 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 1,778 people, or 1 in 10,794. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 71 percent reside, Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 8 percent reside. Other than Niger this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 17 percent reside and Togo, where 15 percent reside.
Samna Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Samna last name is chiefly Sunni (82%) in Lebanon.
Samna earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.55% more than the national average, earning $54,607 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samna in the Bengali language | ||
| সমনা | samana | - |
| Samna in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମନା | samana | - |
| Samna in the Marathi language | ||
| समना | samana | 92.11 |
| सामीना | samina | 2.63 |
| सामना | samana | 2.63 |
| समीना | samina | 2.63 |
| Samna in the Hindi language | ||
| सामना | samana | 49.54 |
| समना | samana | 49.41 |
| सम्ना | samna | 0.26 |
| साम्ना | samna | 0.26 |
| समीना | samina | 0.13 |
| समणा | samana | 0.13 |
| सपना | sapana | 0.13 |
| Samna in the Russian language | ||
| Самна | samna | - |
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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 Samna
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