Samuila Surname
Approximately 994 people bear this surname
Samuila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 800 | 1:221,428 | 13,065 |
| Romania | 184 | 1:109,119 | 12,269 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Samuilă (76) are calculated separately.
Samuila (473) may also be a first name.
Samuila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samuila Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samuila (Hindi: समुइला) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Samuilă. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samuila? popularity and diffusion
It is the 363,374th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 7,331,535 people. Samuila occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Samuila live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samuila is also the 391,396th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 473 people.
The surname Samuila is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 800 people, or 1 in 221,428. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Taraba, where 61 percent live, Adamawa, where 11 percent live and Plateau, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 19 percent live and Lithuania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samuila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samuila in the Hindi language | ||
| समुइला | samu'ila | - |
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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 Samuila
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