Samsam Surname
Approximately 4,790 people bear this surname
Samsam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,586 | 1:57,967 | 5,513 |
| Morocco | 1,022 | 1:33,734 | 5,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| South Africa | 297 | 1:182,417 | 19,977 |
| Somalia | 294 | 1:45,755 | 2,122 |
| Indonesia | 246 | 1:537,598 | 43,441 |
| Jordan | 92 | 1:96,113 | 6,948 |
| United States | 56 | 1:6,472,481 | 306,764 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Lebanon | 51 | 1:110,531 | 6,285 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 37 | 1:247,629 | 17,078 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Philippines | 29 | 1:3,490,973 | 149,374 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Syria | 7 | 1:2,757,289 | 11,022 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Samsam (20,878) may also be a first name.
Samsam Demographics
Samsam Political Affiliation
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Samsam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samsam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samsam (Arabic: الصمصام, Hindi: समसम, Marathi: समसाम, Oriya: ସାମ୍, Russian: Самсам, Tibetan: བསམ་བསམ།) occurs most in Egypt. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samsam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 98,929th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,521,408 people. The surname Samsam is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Samsam live; 55 percent live in North Africa and 33 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Samsam is also the 36,618th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 20,878 people.
Samsam is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,586 people, or 1 in 57,967. Without taking into account Egypt this last name is found in 67 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 21 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 14 percent live.
Samsam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Druze (98%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Samsam last name are 5.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.33% registered with the political party.
The amount Samsam earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 21.76% less than the national average, earning R 185,928 per year; in United States they earn 26.96% more than the national average, earning $54,780 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.35% less than the national average, earning $44,045 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samsam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samsam in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསམ་བསམ། | samsam | - |
| Samsam in the Marathi language | ||
| समसाम | samasama | - |
| Samsam in the Hindi language | ||
| समसम | samasama | 92.86 |
| सामसम | samasama | 3.57 |
| समसाम | samasama | 3.57 |
| Samsam in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମ୍ | sam | 50 |
| ସମ୍ସମ୍ | samsam | 50 |
| Samsam in the Russian language | ||
| Самсам | samsam | - |
| Samsam in the Arabic language | ||
| الصمصام | alsmsam | - |
| صمصم | smsm | - |
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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
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