Samoum Surname
Approximately 2,065 people bear this surname
Samoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 1,242 | 1:28,198 | 1,411 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| Palestine | 123 | 1:36,983 | 4,453 |
| Yemen | 100 | 1:264,253 | 9,391 |
| Syria | 66 | 1:292,440 | 4,467 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Samoum (29) may also be a first name.
Samoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samoum occurs more in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Samoum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoum? popularity and diffusion
Samoum is the 201,834th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,529,078 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Samoum live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 70 percent live in Levant. Samoum is also the 1,951,561st most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 29 people.
Samoum is most frequent in Iraq, where it is borne by 1,242 people, or 1 in 28,198. Not including Iraq this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 25 percent are found and Palestine, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Samoum
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