Samto Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Samto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 205 | 1:645,118 | 50,622 |
| Pakistan | 105 | 1:1,701,370 | 17,526 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Samto (3,890) may also be a first name.
Samto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samto (Arabic: صمتو, Hindi: समतो, Marathi: समतो) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samto? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 828,895th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Samto reside; 62 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 61 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 112,418th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 3,890 people.
The surname Samto is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 645,118. In Indonesia Samto is primarily found in: Central Java, where 41 percent live, East Java, where 25 percent live and West Java, where 15 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 31 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samto in the Marathi language | ||
| समतो | samato | - |
| Samto in the Hindi language | ||
| समतो | samato | 75 |
| सम्तो | samto | 25 |
| Samto in the Arabic language | ||
| صمتو | smtw | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Samto
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