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
Average Samura Salary in
United States
$39,795 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samura (Georgian: სამურა, Hindi: समुरा, Marathi: समुरा, Oriya: ସାମୁରା, Russian: Самура) is found in Sierra Leone more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Samura.
How Common Is The Last Name Samura? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,332nd most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 159,994 people. 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 frequent given name globally It is held by 4,336 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 40,868 people, or 1 in 173. Aside from Sierra Leone it is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 3 percent are found and The Gambia, where 3 percent are found.
Samura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Sunni (98%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Samura surname are 32.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.29% being registered to vote for the political 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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- 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 Samura
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