Samoye Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Samoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Samoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samoye is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samoye is the 4,532,898th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Samoye are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Samoye is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 676,273. In Belgium Samoye is mostly found in: Brussels Capital Region, where 88 percent are found, Flemish Region, where 6 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent are found and France, where 5 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 Samoye
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