Samoon Surname
Approximately 13,838 people bear this surname
Samoon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 12,623 | 1:14,152 | 954 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| India | 260 | 1:2,950,251 | 88,919 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| Maldives | 13 | 1:31,090 | 1,777 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Samoon (2,199) may also be a first name.
Samoon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samoon (Dhivehi: ުސަމްޢޫން, Hindi: समून, Marathi: समुन) is most common in Pakistan. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoon? popularity and diffusion
Samoon is the 38,041st most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 526,633 people. The surname Samoon occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Samoon live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 159,642nd most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 2,199 people.
The last name is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 12,623 people, or 1 in 14,152. In Pakistan Samoon is most numerous in: Sindh, where 99 percent are found, Punjab, where 1 percent are found and Islamabad Capital Territory, where 0 percent are found. Barring Pakistan this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 4 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoon in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ުސަމްޢޫން | usamun | - |
| Samoon in the Hindi language | ||
| समून | samuna | 68.92 |
| सामून | samuna | 30.46 |
| शामुन | samuna | 0.31 |
| समुन | samuna | 0.31 |
| Samoon in the Marathi language | ||
| समुन | samuna | 44.44 |
| सामून | samuna | 33.33 |
| समून | samuna | 22.22 |
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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 Samoon
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