Samuah Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Samuah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samuah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1371:5,599,017134,774
Indonesia471:2,813,813160,835
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Samuah (836) may also be a first name.

Samuah Last Name Facts

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

Samuah (Arabic: صيموعه) occurs most in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Samuah.

How Common Is The Last Name Samuah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,239,697th most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. Samuah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Samuah reside; 73 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 282,418th most common first name world-wide It is held by 836 people.

This surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 5,599,017. In India Samuah is mostly concentrated in: Assam, where 100 percent are found. Apart from India Samuah exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shamuah9220/
Shamuaha8633/
Saimouah864/
Somuah839,934/
Samoua8394/
Samuha8317/
Samaua831/
Samuho831/
Samouha7776/
Samujha7733/
Saimoua7713/
Samuija777/
Samujya777/
Saymoua776/
Samauat774/
Samujia774/
Samgoua772/
Somouah772/
Samouho771/
Samuiya771/
Samuhai771/
Samugia771/
Semouah771/
Sammoua771/
Shamuha771/
Shamugia711,629/
Samouhos7128/
Saymouaa7116/
Saimouaa717/
Saimouha715/
Seimouah715/
Samouhou712/
Chamuuah711/
Shamouad711/
Saimauha711/
Jamoua6785/
Samoea6712/
Somoua6710/
Semuha678/
Samouo673/
Semoua672/
Camuha671/
Zamoua671/

Samuah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samuah in the Arabic language
صيموعهsymwh-

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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 Samuah
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