Samojan Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Samojan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Samojan (15) may also be a first name.
Samojan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samojan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samojan is found most in Afghanistan. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samojan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samojan is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Samojan reside; 67 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Samojan is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 15 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 16,076,592. In Afghanistan it is most frequent in: Ghazni, where 50 percent reside and Kandahar, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Afghanistan this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Samojan
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