Samuan Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Samuan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 66 | 1:2,003,776 | 125,554 |
| Cambodia | 58 | 1:267,020 | 3,358 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Samuan (3,226) may also be a first name.
Samuan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samuan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samuan (Hindi: समुन) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samuan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,558,593rd most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Samuan are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 51 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 126,294th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 3,226 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 2,003,776. In Indonesia Samuan is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 58 percent live, Bali, where 26 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 9 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cambodia, where 44 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samuan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samuan in the Hindi language | ||
| समुन | samuna | - |
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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 Samuan
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