Samuel-James Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Trinidad and Tobago
Highest density in:
Grenada

Samuel-James Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Samuel & James.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samuel-James Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704

Samuel-James (7) may also be a first name.

Samuel-James Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samuel-James Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Samuel-James is carried by more people in Trinidad and Tobago than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samuel-James? popularity and diffusion

The last name Samuel-James is the 7,117,718th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Samuel-James reside; 100 percent reside in Caribbean and 100 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean. Samuel-James is also the 4,548,448th most frequent forename in the world It is held by 7 people.

Samuel-James is most frequently occurring in Trinidad and Tobago, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 340,994. In Trinidad and Tobago Samuel-James is mostly concentrated in: Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation, where 25 percent are found, Eastern Tobago, where 25 percent are found and Port of Spain City Corporation, where 25 percent are found. Not including Trinidad and Tobago Samuel-James is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Grenada, where 14 percent are found and Saint Lucia, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samuel James924/
Sumal-James781/

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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 Samuel-James
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