Samuwel Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Samuwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Samuwel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Samuwel (276) may also be a first name.

Samuwel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samuwel (Marathi: शमुवेल, Oriya: ସାମୁଏଲ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samuwel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Samuwel is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Samuwel occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Samuwel reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 534,713th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 276 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 25 percent live, Kaduna, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 25 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samuwael934/
Samuwele932/
Samuwell931/
Samuwl922/
Shamuwele8810/
Saymuwell881/
Samubel865/
Samowel864/
Samuewl862/
Samuwil861/
Shamubel804/
Shamuwil801/
Samuvl772/
Samubil713/
Zahmuwl711/
Saimuvl711/
Saimubl711/
Samowill674/
Zoumowel531/
Zeemiwel531/
Zemmiwel531/
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Samuwel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samuwel in the Oriya language
ସାମୁଏଲsamu'ela-
Samuwel in the Marathi language
शमुवेलsamuvela42.86
सामुवेलsamuvela42.86
समुवेलsamuvela7.14
शामुवेलsamuvela7.14

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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 Samuwel
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