Samsir Surname
Approximately 1,036 people bear this surname
Samsir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 762 | 1:173,555 | 16,823 |
| India | 136 | 1:5,640,187 | 135,419 |
| Malaysia | 115 | 1:256,472 | 14,435 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samsir (13,541) may also be a first name.
Samsir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samsir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samsir (Bengali: সমছির, Hindi: समसीर, Marathi: समसीर, Oriya: ସମ୍ଶୀର) is most common in Indonesia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samsir? popularity and diffusion
Samsir is the 351,873rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 7,034,311 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Samsir reside; 84 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 82 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Samsir is also the 49,858th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 13,541 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 762 people, or 1 in 173,555. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Riau, where 15 percent are found, Central Java, where 10 percent are found and South Sulawesi, where 10 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent are found and Malaysia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samsir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samsir in the Hindi language | ||
| समसीर | samasira | 92.95 |
| सम्सीर | samsira | 3.21 |
| समसिर | samasira | 2.56 |
| शमशीर | samasira | 0.64 |
| शमसीर | samasira | 0.64 |
| Samsir in the Marathi language | ||
| समसीर | samasira | 84.38 |
| सीर | sira | 6.25 |
| समीर | samira | 6.25 |
| बशीर | basira | 3.13 |
| Samsir in the Bengali language | ||
| সমছির | samachira | 33.33 |
| ছমসির | chamasira | 33.33 |
| ছমছির | chamachira | 33.33 |
| Samsir in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମ୍ଶୀର | samsira | 20 |
| ସମେସର | samesara | 20 |
| ସମସିର | samasira | 20 |
| ସବ୍ସିର | sabsira | 20 |
| ସମ୍ସିର | samsira | 20 |
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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 Samsir
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