Samuran Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Samuran Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samuran Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines571:1,776,109113,042
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Samuran (168) may also be a first name.

Samuran Last Name Facts

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

The surname Samuran (Hindi: समुरन, Oriya: ସମୁରନ) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Samuran click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samuran? popularity and diffusion

Samuran is the 2,293,424th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Samuran is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Samuran live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Samuran is also the 705,855th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 168 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 1,776,109. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Northern Mindanao, where 65 percent live, Davao Region, where 32 percent live and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 2 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 13 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Samuran Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samuran in the Oriya language
ସମୁରନsamurana71.43
ସମୁରନ୍samuran28.57
Samuran in the Hindi language
समुरनsamurana50
समूरनsamurana33.33
समुरानsamurana16.67

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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 Samuran
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