Samnan Surname
Approximately 637 people bear this surname
Samnan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 568 | 1:46,523 | 3,815 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Cambodia | 15 | 1:1,032,476 | 5,479 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Samnan (643) may also be a first name.
Samnan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samnan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samnan (Hindi: समनान, Marathi: समनान) is found in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samnan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 512,799th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 11,440,417 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Samnan reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 89 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Samnan is also the 327,926th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 643 people.
Samnan is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is held by 568 people, or 1 in 46,523. In Yemen Samnan is most frequent in: Al Jawf Governorate, where 94 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 5 percent live and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 1 percent live. Barring Yemen this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 3 percent live and Cambodia, where 2 percent live.
Samnan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Samnan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Samnan surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samnan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samnan in the Hindi language | ||
| समनान | samanana | - |
| Samnan in the Marathi language | ||
| समनान | samanana | 50 |
| सामनानाहीम | samananahima | 25 |
| समजान | samajana | 25 |
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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 Samnan
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