Samun Surname
Approximately 2,273 people bear this surname
Samun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 848 | 1:155,954 | 15,248 |
| India | 403 | 1:1,903,388 | 66,344 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Papua New Guinea | 117 | 1:69,690 | 9,084 |
| Ukraine | 106 | 1:429,459 | 51,143 |
| Malaysia | 94 | 1:313,768 | 17,074 |
| Thailand | 83 | 1:851,064 | 135,450 |
| Cambodia | 45 | 1:344,159 | 3,673 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Pakistan | 34 | 1:5,254,232 | 33,450 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| Afghanistan | 27 | 1:1,190,859 | 10,584 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Šamun (7) are calculated separately.
Samun (10,171) may also be a first name.
Samun Demographics
Average Samun Salary in
United States
$37,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samun (Arabic: صمون, Hindi: समून, Marathi: समुन, Oriya: ସମୁନ, Russian: Самунь) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Šamun. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 186,337th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,206,135 people. Samun is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Samun live; 47 percent live in Southeast Asia and 41 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 60,547th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 10,171 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 848 people, or 1 in 155,954. In Indonesia Samun is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 25 percent live, Central Java, where 17 percent live and Banten, where 16 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this surname exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent live and Bangladesh, where 16 percent live.
Samun Last Name Statistics demography
Samun earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.96% less than the national average, earning $37,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samun in the Marathi language | ||
| समुन | samuna | 76.64 |
| समून | samuna | 7.48 |
| सामुन | samuna | 5.61 |
| सामून | samuna | 4.67 |
| Samun in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମୁନ | samuna | 68.42 |
| ସାମୁନ | samuna | 10.53 |
| ସାମୁଂ | samum | 5.26 |
| ସାମଉନ | sama'una | 5.26 |
| ସମୁନ୍ | samun | 5.26 |
| ଶାମୁଁ | samum | 5.26 |
| Samun in the Hindi language | ||
| समून | samuna | 44.52 |
| समुन | samuna | 28.39 |
| सामून | samuna | 18.8 |
| सामुन | samuna | 5.48 |
| समुं | samum | 0.44 |
| समूं | samum | 0.25 |
| समुण् | samun | 0.19 |
| शामून | samuna | 0.12 |
| समुण | samuna | 0.12 |
| सामन | samana | 0.06 |
| शमून | samuna | 0.06 |
| सम्ऊन | samuna | 0.06 |
| सामूं | samum | 0.06 |
| सम | sama | 0.06 |
| Samun in the Russian language | ||
| Самунь | samun | - |
| Samun in the Arabic language | ||
| صمون | smwn | - |
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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 Samun
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