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
The surname Samoona (Dhivehi: ސަމޫނާ, Hindi: समूना) has its highest incidence in The Maldives. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Samoona click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoona? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samoona is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Samoona are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 653,740th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 193 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Maldives, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 80,834. In The Maldives it is most frequent in: Shaviyani Atoll, where 40 percent live, Gnaviyani Atoll, where 20 percent live and Vaavu Atoll, where 20 percent live. Aside from The Maldives this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 25 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.
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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