Samoona Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Samoona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 5 | 1:80,834 | 3,218 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Samoona (193) may also be a first name.
Samoona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samoona (Dhivehi: ސަމޫނާ, Hindi: समूना) is found in The Maldives more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoona? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Samoona reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 653,740th most widely held forename on earth, held by 193 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Maldives, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 80,834. In The Maldives Samoona is most numerous in: Shaviyani Atoll, where 40 percent are found, Gnaviyani Atoll, where 20 percent are found and Vaavu Atoll, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account The Maldives this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 25 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoona in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ސަމޫނާ | samuna | - |
| Samoona in the Hindi language | ||
| समूना | samuna | 97.3 |
| समुना | samuna | 2.7 |
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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 Samoona
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