Samoshyn Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Samoshyn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 111 | 1:410,114 | 49,291 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Samoshyn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoshyn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samoshyn (Russian: Самошын) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoshyn? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,727,723rd most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Samoshyn occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Samoshyn are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
It is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 410,114. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Luhansk Oblast, where 23 percent live, Donetsk Oblast, where 19 percent live and Zaporizhia Oblast, where 12 percent live. Barring Ukraine this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoshyn Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoshyn in the Russian language | ||
| Самошын | samosyn | - |
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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 Samoshyn
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