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) occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 41 percent of Samoah are found; 37 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samoah is also the 1,091,646th most common first name globally, borne by 78 people.
The surname Samoah is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 3,002,299. Other than Ghana Samoah occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 22 percent are found and England, where 19 percent are found.
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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