Samong Surname
Approximately 2,042 people bear this surname
Samong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,212 | 1:83,530 | 14,470 |
| Thailand | 405 | 1:174,416 | 28,221 |
| Cambodia | 331 | 1:46,789 | 1,786 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Samong (983) may also be a first name.
Samong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samong occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Samong click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samong? popularity and diffusion
Samong is the 203,734th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,568,828 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Samong live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 256,947th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 983 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,212 people, or 1 in 83,530. In The Philippines Samong is primarily found in: Eastern Visayas, where 30 percent reside, Davao Region, where 21 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 13 percent reside. Beside The Philippines Samong occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 20 percent reside and Cambodia, where 16 percent reside.
Samong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Samong has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Samong
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