Samuve Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Namibia

Samuve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samuve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Namibia41:602,35012,421

Samuve Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samuve is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samuve? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Samuve live; 69 percent live in Oceania Islands and 69 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

It is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Samuve is mostly concentrated in: Central, where 89 percent live and National Capital District, where 11 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Namibia, where 31 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samuveh9215/
Samuwe832/
Samube831/
Samuvi831/
Samuva831/
Somuvie7757/
Samubee773/
Sammuva771/
Samieve771/
Samubes771/
Samhuber7160/
Samoubeu719/
Sammuwet711/
Samuwa67357/
Samuwi67122/
Somube6757/
Somive678/
Samuba675/
Semuwe674/
Zamuva672/
Samivi672/
Samobe672/
Samubi671/
Samiwe671/

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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
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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 Samuve
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