Samoah Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Samoah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samoah (78) may also be a first name.
Samoah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samoah (Arabic: سامويه) is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samoah is the 3,798,600th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 41 percent of Samoah live; 37 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samoah is also the 1,091,646th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 78 people.
The last name Samoah is most widely held in Ghana, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 3,002,299. Other than Ghana this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 22 percent live and England, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoah in the Arabic language | ||
| سامويه | samwyh | - |
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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 Samoah
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