Samuwal Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Samuwal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samuwal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2381:555,66944,719
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Samuwal (94) may also be a first name.

Samuwal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samuwal is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Samuwal.

How Common Is The Last Name Samuwal? popularity and diffusion

Samuwal is the 1,028,911th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Samuwal are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 980,251st most widely held first name world-wide, held by 94 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 555,669. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saimuwal9311/
Samuval86807/
Jamuwal8612/
Samiwal861/
Samowal861/
Semuwal861/
Samubal861/
Samiwail8013/
Saimuval804/
Samueval803/
Shamuval802/
Samowail802/
Samieual801/
Jaimuwal801/
Jammuwal801/
Samuvall801/
Saimubal801/
Samoowal801/
Samubail801/
Shaimuval751/
Chaumuwal751/
Samival7153/
Jamuval7119/
Somowal7115/
Semuval717/
Camuval711/
Somowail676/
Jammuval675/
Samooval673/
Chaumuval634/
Somival571/
Chomuval5311/
Jomuvale538/

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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 Samuwal
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