Samoylav Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Samoylav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Samoylav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoylav Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samoylav (Russian: Самойлав) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoylav? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,323,005th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Samoylav is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Samoylav live; 80 percent live in Eastern Europe and 80 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The last name Samoylav is most prevalent in Russia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 7,585,424. In Russia Samoylav is primarily concentrated in: Moscow Oblast, where 11 percent are found, Republic of Tatarstan, where 11 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 11 percent are found. Besides Russia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 40 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoylav Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoylav in the Russian language | ||
| Самойлав | samojlav | - |
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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 Samoylav
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