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) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samto? popularity and diffusion
It is the 828,895th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Samto reside; 62 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 61 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Samto is also the 112,418th most commonly used given name at a global level It is held by 3,890 people.
It is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 645,118. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Java, where 41 percent live, East Java, where 25 percent live and West Java, where 15 percent live. Besides Indonesia Samto occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs 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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