Samouka Surname
Approximately 1,298 people bear this surname
Samouka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 710 | 1:23,900 | 839 |
| Ivory Coast | 354 | 1:65,173 | 3,743 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Burkina Faso | 24 | 1:764,671 | 8,666 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Samouka (2,915) may also be a first name.
Samouka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samouka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samouka is found most in Mali. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samouka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 294,108th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,614,442 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Samouka are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Mande Africa. Samouka is also the 134,501st most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 2,915 people.
This surname is most frequent in Mali, where it is borne by 710 people, or 1 in 23,900. Outside of Mali Samouka occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent reside and Egypt, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Samouka
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