Samoko Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Samoko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 56 | 1:36,296 | 6,453 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Samoko (38) may also be a first name.
Samoko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samoko occurs most in Lesotho. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoko? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,312,869th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Samoko are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Samoko is also the 1,662,754th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 38 people.
The surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 36,296. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Mafeteng District, where 82 percent are found, Berea District, where 16 percent are found and Maseru District, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Samoko
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