Samuwel Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Samuwel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
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 surname Samuwel (Marathi: शमुवेल, Oriya: ସାମୁଏଲ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samuwel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Samuwel reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samuwel is also the 534,713th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 276 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Samuwel is primarily found in: Edo, where 25 percent live, Kaduna, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 25 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samuwel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samuwel in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମୁଏଲ | samu'ela | - |
| Samuwel in the Marathi language | ||
| शमुवेल | samuvela | 42.86 |
| सामुवेल | samuvela | 42.86 |
| समुवेल | samuvela | 7.14 |
| शामुवेल | samuvela | 7.14 |
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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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