Samoay Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Samoay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 163 | 1:95,013 | 2,352 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Samoay (2,121) may also be a first name.
Samoay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samoay occurs more in Cambodia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,353,468th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Samoay are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 163,179th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 2,121 people.
The surname Samoay is most widely held in Cambodia, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 95,013. In Cambodia it is most frequent in: Battambang Province, where 30 percent live, Phnom Penh, where 15 percent live and Prey Veng Province, where 14 percent live. Aside from Cambodia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent live.
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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 Samoay
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