Samuei Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Samuei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Samuei (127) may also be a first name.
Samuei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samuei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samuei (Oriya: ସାମୁଏଇ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samuei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Samuei live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 825,494th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 127 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria Samuei is most frequent in: Kogi, where 34 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 8 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samuei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samuei in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମୁଏଇ | samu'e'i | - |
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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 Samuei
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