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 more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Sámoo. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samoo is the 71,482nd most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,055,096 people. Samoo is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Samoo live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 216,497th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,318 people.
The last name Samoo is most common in Pakistan, where it is borne 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. Outside of Pakistan it exists 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 last name is principally 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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