Samshu Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Samshu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Samshu (251) may also be a first name.
Samshu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samshu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samshu (Bengali: সামসু, Hindi: समशू, Marathi: समशु) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samshu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samshu is the 5,812,366th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Samshu occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Samshu live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 562,655th most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 251 people.
The last name Samshu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Samshu is most numerous in: Kano, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samshu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samshu in the Bengali language | ||
| সামসু | samasu | - |
| Samshu in the Marathi language | ||
| समशु | samasu | 93.94 |
| संभु | sambhu | 3.03 |
| सैसमशु | saisamasu | 3.03 |
| Samshu in the Hindi language | ||
| समशू | samasu | 56.82 |
| समशु | samasu | 32.95 |
| सम्शु | samsu | 4.55 |
| सम्शू | samsu | 2.27 |
| समसू | samasu | 1.14 |
| समषु | samasu | 1.14 |
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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 Samshu
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