Samsullah Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Samsullah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samsullah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India161:47,941,586492,263
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Samsullah (458) may also be a first name.

Samsullah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samsullah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Samsullah (Hindi: समसुल्लाह, Marathi: समसु) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samsullah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Samsullah is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Samsullah are found; 66 percent are found in South Asia and 55 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 398,932nd most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 458 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 47,941,586. In India it is mostly found in: Bihar, where 50 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 44 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 6 percent are found. Apart from India it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 34 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Samsullah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samsullah in the Hindi language
समसुल्लाहsamasullaha92.92
सम्सुल्लाहsamsullaha5.31
समसुललाहsamasulalaha1.77
Samsullah in the Marathi language
समसुsamasu67.65
समसुाहsamasuaha31.62
सामसूलाहsamasulaha0.74

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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 Samsullah
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