Samura Surname
Approximately 45,549 people bear this surname
Samura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 40,868 | 1:173 | 28 |
| Japan | 1,549 | 1:82,533 | 5,450 |
| Gambia | 1,176 | 1:1,636 | 199 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Indonesia | 326 | 1:405,672 | 34,327 |
| United States | 223 | 1:1,625,376 | 108,854 |
| Ukraine | 197 | 1:231,080 | 30,666 |
| England | 85 | 1:655,507 | 38,035 |
| Lebanon | 84 | 1:67,108 | 4,893 |
| Turkey | 66 | 1:1,179,112 | 50,375 |
| Russia | 64 | 1:2,251,923 | 134,938 |
| Uganda | 59 | 1:661,683 | 33,952 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Denmark | 23 | 1:245,422 | 19,084 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Jordan | 16 | 1:552,652 | 13,471 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Samura (4,336) may also be a first name.
Samura Demographics
Samura Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Samura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samura (Georgian: სამურა, Hindi: समुरा, Marathi: समुरा, Oriya: ସାମୁରା, Russian: Самура) is carried by more people in Sierra Leone than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samura? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 12,332nd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 159,994 people. The last name Samura occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Samura reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samura is also the 104,951st most common first name world-wide, borne by 4,336 people.
Samura is most common in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 40,868 people, or 1 in 173. Aside from Sierra Leone Samura is found in 50 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 3 percent are found and The Gambia, where 3 percent are found.
Samura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Samura surname is predominantly Sunni (98%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Samura are 32.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.29% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Samura earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.47% less than the national average, earning 219,867 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 45.09% more than the national average, earning $32,938,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.77% less than the national average, earning $39,795 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.11% less than the national average, earning $26,774 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samura in the Georgian language | ||
| სამურა | samura | - |
| Samura in the Marathi language | ||
| समुरा | samura | - |
| Samura in the Hindi language | ||
| समुरा | samura | 54.55 |
| समूरा | samura | 36.36 |
| सामूरा | samura | 4.55 |
| समुनरा | samunara | 4.55 |
| Samura in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମୁରା | samura | 50 |
| ସମୂରା | samura | 16.67 |
| ସମୁରା | samura | 16.67 |
| ଝରା | jhara | 16.67 |
| Samura in the Russian language | ||
| Самура | samura | - |
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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 Samura
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