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།) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samsam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 98,929th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,521,408 people. The surname Samsam is primarily 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 numerous given name in the world It is held by 20,878 people.
This surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,586 people, or 1 in 57,967. Beside Egypt this last name exists in 67 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 21 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 14 percent are found.
Samsam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Druze (98%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Samsam surname are 5.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.33% being 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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