Samoi Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Samoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 131 | 1:5,855,461 | 138,626 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Indonesia | 62 | 1:2,133,052 | 131,589 |
| Cambodia | 30 | 1:516,238 | 4,247 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Samoi (1,933) may also be a first name.
Samoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samoi (Hindi: समोई, Marathi: सामोई, Oriya: ସମାଇ, Russian: Самои) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 790,102nd most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 20,413,294 people. The last name Samoi is primarily found in Asia, where 68 percent of Samoi reside; 37 percent reside in South Asia and 37 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 172,554th most common forename in the world, held by 1,933 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 5,855,461. In India Samoi is most numerous in: West Bengal, where 89 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 5 percent reside and Gujarat, where 3 percent reside. Excluding India this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoi in the Hindi language | ||
| समोई | samo'i | - |
| Samoi in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମାଇ | sama'i | - |
| Samoi in the Marathi language | ||
| सामोई | samo'i | 75 |
| समोई | samo'i | 25 |
| Samoi in the Russian language | ||
| Самои | samoi | - |
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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
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- 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 Samoi
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