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
Samoay is carried by more people in Cambodia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samoay is the 1,353,468th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Samoay live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Khmer-Asia. Samoay is also the 163,179th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 2,121 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Cambodia, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 95,013. In Cambodia it is most common in: Battambang Province, where 30 percent live, Phnom Penh, where 15 percent live and Prey Veng Province, where 14 percent live. Outside of Cambodia this last name is found in one country. It is also common 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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