Samontanez Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Singapore

Samontanez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Samontanez Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines411:2,469,225130,198
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Samontañez (1,009) are calculated separately.

Samontanez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samontanez Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Samontanez is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Samontañez. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samontanez? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,718,172nd most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Samontanez are found; 82 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 75 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

Samontanez is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 2,469,225. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Calabarzon, where 32 percent live, Central Visayas, where 29 percent live and Central Luzon, where 10 percent live. Besides The Philippines it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 8 percent live and Denmark, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samontañez971,009/
Samontanes90567/
Samontaniz901/
Samontañiez861/
Samantane844/
Samontani841/
Samontañes8093/
Samantañez803/
Samuntañez802/
Samonteñez801/
Samantani7456/
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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 Samontanez
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