Samnya Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Samnya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samnya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Samnya (129) may also be a first name.

Samnya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samnya is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Samnya.

How Common Is The Last Name Samnya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Samnya occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Samnya live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samnya is also the 818,356th most common first name on earth, held by 129 people.

The last name Samnya is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Samnya is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 20 percent are found and Pakistan, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shamnya921/
Samnyaha861/
Samnia83140/
Shamnia771/
Samnjja771/
Samnjay771/
Shamniaz7110/
Samimnia718/
Somnaaya711/
Somnea6725/
Zamnia6710/
Somnia678/
Chamnia621/
Samnjei621/
Saimenjo571/
Chamnihas53159/
Somnaijai532/
Somnio501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Samnya
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis