Samsam Surname

98,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,790 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Morocco

Samsam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samsam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,5861:57,9675,513
Morocco1,0221:33,7345,408
Saudi Arabia6761:45,6456,666
South Africa2971:182,41719,977
Somalia2941:45,7552,122
Indonesia2461:537,59843,441
Jordan921:96,1136,948
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Papua New Guinea531:153,84421,244
Lebanon511:110,5316,285
Botswana441:49,7039,263
United Arab Emirates371:247,62917,078
Iraq371:946,53112,381
Philippines291:3,490,973149,374
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Iran201:3,839,126105,129
Pakistan191:9,402,31046,838
India181:42,614,743461,117
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Yemen121:2,202,10813,606
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
France101:6,642,272293,169
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Syria71:2,757,28911,022
England71:7,959,723202,100
Algeria61:6,438,59253,709
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
China61:227,886,92811,701
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Samsam (20,878) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shamsam92270/
Samsham9210/
Samsame929/
Samsaam925/
Siamsam921/
Shamsham8616/
Shamsiam865/
Shamsamd861/
Samsom831,630/
Samsan83551/
Samsem83217/
Somsam83209/
Samcam8329/
Zamsam8313/
Semsam8312/
Jamsam8310/
Samjam833/
Samzam832/
Shamshamd801/
Shamshaam801/
Shamsan7739,756/
Samsoum77435/
Samsome77158/
Samsian77143/
Saimsan77116/
Samsain77106/
Samsang7795/
Samshan7716/
Samsand777/
Samsuom775/
Somsame773/
Samssan773/
Saamsan773/
Samsean772/
Samsoom772/
Samsant771/
Somsamg771/
Shamzam771/
Shemsam771/
Jamsham771/
Giamsam771/
Samsomm771/
Samsane771/
Shamsian712,576/
Shamshan7139/
Shamsane7127/
Shamshom717/
Shamsand717/
Saimshan714/
Seamsang712/
Samsgaun712/
Shamsain712/
Shamsaan711/
Sansaume711/
Shamssan711/
Samsaing711/
Samseang711/
Shamcham710/
Samson67487,967/
Samsonova6739,670/
Zamzam6718,583/
Sansan673,559/
Jamjam672,336/
Samsen671,222/
Camcam67527/
Somsan67323/
Shamshoum67225/
Somsom6791/
Sanjam6774/
Samcan6748/
Shamshoom6745/
Zamsan6745/
Samjan6741/
Jamzam6724/
Samsonowa6715/
Semsom6710/
Samsanova6710/
Sancam679/
Samzan678/
Shamshaan677/
Somsem676/
Shamshang673/
Jamsom673/
Samcom673/
Samsón672/
Camsom672/
Samsenova671/
Samsomova671/
Zamcam671/
Şamsan671/
Samsanowa671/
Sanzam671/
Samsoń671/

Samsam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samsam in the Tibetan language
བསམ་བསམ།samsam-
Samsam in the Marathi language
समसामsamasama-
Samsam in the Hindi language
समसमsamasama92.86
सामसमsamasama3.57
समसामsamasama3.57
Samsam in the Oriya language
ସାମ୍sam50
ସମ୍ସମ୍samsam50
Samsam in the Russian language
Самсамsamsam-
Samsam in the Arabic language
الصمصامalsmsam-
صمصمsmsm-

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