Samva Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Samva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samva (270) may also be a first name.
Samva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samva (Bengali: সম্বা, Hindi: समवा, Russian: Самва) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samva? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Samva live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Samva is also the 541,116th most frequent given name globally, held by 270 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 350,869. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 59 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 20 percent reside and Harare Province, where 18 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samva in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্বা | samba | - |
| Samva in the Hindi language | ||
| समवा | samava | 96.67 |
| सामवा | samava | 3.33 |
| Samva in the Russian language | ||
| Самва | samva | - |
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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 Samva
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