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Where Does The Last Name Samoshkin Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Samoshkin (Russian: Самошкин) occurs more in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Samoshkin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samoshkin? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Samoshkin is the 175,963^rd most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,995,292 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Samoshkin reside; 78 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 78 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Russia, where it is held by 2,367 people, or 1 in 60,888. In Russia Samoshkin is most common in: Mordovia Republic, where 12 percent live, Moscow Oblast, where 9 percent live and Moscow, where 9 percent live. Aside from Russia this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live and Belarus, where 1 percent live.

Samoshkin Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Samoshkin surname is principally Orthodox (92%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Samoshkin last name are 17.7% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 64.47% being registered to vote for the party.