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 surname Samoya (Hindi: समोया, Marathi: सामोया, Russian: Самоя) occurs most in The Philippines. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 273,923rd most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,135,691 people. The surname Samoya is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Samoya are found; 72 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 71 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 552,051st most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 260 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,007 people, or 1 in 100,534. In The Philippines Samoya is most prevalent in: Caraga, where 34 percent are found, Davao Region, where 20 percent are found and Western Visayas, where 10 percent are found. Not including The Philippines Samoya is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Tanzania, where 10 percent are found.
Samoya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Samoya last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the political 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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