Samoo Surname
Approximately 6,907 people bear this surname
Samoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 5,760 | 1:31,015 | 1,525 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Mauritius | 240 | 1:5,389 | 1,084 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Thailand | 67 | 1:1,054,304 | 158,943 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Sámoo (1) are calculated separately.
Samoo (1,318) may also be a first name.
Samoo Demographics
Samoo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Samoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samoo (Hindi: सामू, Marathi: समु) is most common in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as: Sámoo. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 71,482nd most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,055,096 people. The last name Samoo occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Samoo reside; 84 percent reside in South Asia and 84 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Samoo is also the 216,497th most commonly held given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,318 people.
The surname Samoo is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is held by 5,760 people, or 1 in 31,015. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Sindh, where 100 percent live, Balochistan, where 0 percent live and Punjab, where 0 percent live. Barring Pakistan this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 7 percent live and Mauritius, where 3 percent live.
Samoo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Samoo surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoo in the Marathi language | ||
| समु | samu | - |
| Samoo in the Hindi language | ||
| सामू | samu | 97.84 |
| समू | samu | 0.86 |
| शम्सो | samso | 0.43 |
| शम्मो | sam'mo | 0.43 |
| सम्मो | sam'mo | 0.43 |
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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 Samoo
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