Samnaga Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Samnaga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samnaga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Samnaga (3) may also be a first name.

Samnaga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samnaga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Samnaga is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samnaga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Samnaga is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Samnaga live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Chadic Africa. Samnaga is also the 7,463,778th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 3 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent are found.

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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 Samnaga
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