Samorah Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Samorah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Samorah (47) may also be a first name.
Samorah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samorah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samorah has its highest incidence in Morocco. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Samorah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samorah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samorah is the 5,057,639th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Samorah occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Samorah reside; 60 percent reside in North Africa and 60 percent reside in Mahgreb. Samorah is also the 1,467,136th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 47 people.
The last name is most frequent in Morocco, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 3,830,678. Aside from Morocco this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 27 percent are found and The Philippines, where 7 percent are found.
Samorah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Samorah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Samorah last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Samorah
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