Samow Surname

64,619th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Samow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia4,8031:2,801278
Kenya2,8621:16,1361,928
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England41:13,929,515290,718
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Samow (2,063) may also be a first name.

Samow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samow Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Samow is found most in Somalia. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 64,619th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 941,543 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Samow live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Samow is also the 165,991st most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 2,063 people.

The surname Samow is most common in Somalia, where it is borne by 4,803 people, or 1 in 2,801. Other than Somalia this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 37 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Samow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Muslim (97%) in Kenya.

The amount Samow earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 52.03% less than the national average, earning 166,011 kr per year and in United States they earn 53.79% less than the national average, earning $19,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shamow9144/
Samowa9126/
Szamow916/
Samoow914/
Sahmow913/
Sammow910/
Siamowa835/
Shaymow832/
Shamouw831/
Shammow831/
Shamowa831/
Saemhow831/
Schamow831/
Somow801,952/
Zamow8076/
Samov8051/
Camow8026/
Samob8023/
Semow8018/
Samaw8011/
Shamhowa774/
Shaimowa772/
Shamov734,030/
Saimov73467/
Samoev73461/
Samova73146/
Samoff7381/
Chamow7342/
Saymov7334/
Saamov7320/
Siamov7315/
Siamof7313/
Saumov7310/
Somowa7310/
Samawe7310/
Zamowa737/
Samhof736/
Zahmow735/
Seymow733/
Samovs732/
Saemaw732/
Samoib731/
Samuuw731/
Seamuw731/
Samaaw731/
Saimaw731/
Soomow731/
Samaww731/
Samouf731/
Scamaw730/
Shamuw730/
Cammow730/
Shamabowa711/
Shamova674,085/
Shaimov671,817/
Saimova67297/
Shamoev67281/
Shaemov67127/
Saymova6743/
Shaymov6730/
Shamoub6715/
Shamoff6712/
Saumova6711/
Shaumov678/
Saamova677/
Samhoff677/
Chaimow672/
Shammov672/
Samoobh671/
Samoubh671/
Samahwe671/
Schamov671/
Shaemof671/

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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 Samow
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