Samunda Surname

125,062nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,642 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Samunda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samunda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola2,9581:9,1241,120
Zimbabwe6051:25,5183,890
Zambia581:273,27515,977
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Samunda (1,141) may also be a first name.

Samunda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samunda Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Samunda (Hindi: समुन्दा, Oriya: ସମୁ) occurs in Angola more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samunda? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 125,062nd most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,000,974 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samunda are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 235,667th most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 1,141 people.

Samunda is most commonly occurring in Angola, where it is borne by 2,958 people, or 1 in 9,124. Without taking into account Angola this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Samunda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samunda in the Hindi language
समुन्दाsamunda92.19
समुनदाsamunada3.13
समून्दाsamunda1.56
समुन्डाsamunda1.56
समुंदाsamunda1.56
Samunda in the Oriya language
ସମୁsamu80
ସମୁକ୍samuk6.67
ସମୂsamu6.67
ସମୁାsamua6.67

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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 Samunda
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