Samui Surname
Approximately 18,944 people bear this surname
Samui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 18,426 | 1:41,630 | 2,910 |
| Thailand | 215 | 1:328,550 | 56,687 |
| Zambia | 107 | 1:148,130 | 10,678 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Solomon Islands | 34 | 1:17,060 | 3,300 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Samui (1,071) may also be a first name.
Samui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samui Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samui (Arabic: صموئ, Hindi: समुङी, Marathi: सामुई, Oriya: ସାମୁଇ, Russian: Самуи) is found most frequently in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samui? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samui is the 28,356th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 384,689 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Samui reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 244,349th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 1,071 people.
This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 18,426 people, or 1 in 41,630. In India it is primarily found in: West Bengal, where 98 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 0 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 0 percent are found. Barring India this last name is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samui in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମୁଇ | samu'i | - |
| Samui in the Marathi language | ||
| सामुई | samu'i | 61.9 |
| समुई | samu'i | 38.1 |
| Samui in the Hindi language | ||
| समुङी | samuni | 39.62 |
| समुई | samu'i | 28.3 |
| समूङी | samuni | 17.92 |
| सामुई | samu'i | 6.6 |
| समूई | samu'i | 2.83 |
| समुइ | samu'i | 0.94 |
| सामूङी | samuni | 0.94 |
| सामूई | samu'i | 0.94 |
| समूइ | samu'i | 0.94 |
| सामुङी | samuni | 0.94 |
| Samui in the Russian language | ||
| Самуи | samui | - |
| Samui in the Arabic language | ||
| صموئ | smwy | - |
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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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- 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 Samui
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