Samoya Surname
Approximately 1,419 people bear this surname
Samoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,007 | 1:100,534 | 17,553 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Tanzania | 138 | 1:383,635 | 27,683 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Samoya (260) may also be a first name.
Samoya Demographics
Average Samoya Salary in
United States
$36,470 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samoya (Hindi: समोया, Marathi: सामोया, Russian: Самоя) occurs most in The Philippines. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 273,923rd most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,135,691 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 72 percent of Samoya live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 71 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 552,051st most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 260 people.
It is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,007 people, or 1 in 100,534. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Caraga, where 34 percent live, Davao Region, where 20 percent live and Western Visayas, where 10 percent live. Besides The Philippines this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and Tanzania, where 10 percent live.
Samoya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Samoya are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.
Samoya earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.48% less than the national average, earning $36,470 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoya in the Hindi language | ||
| समोया | samoya | - |
| Samoya in the Marathi language | ||
| सामोया | samoya | - |
| Samoya in the Russian language | ||
| Самоя | samoa | - |
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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 Samoya
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