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
Samva (Bengali: সম্বা, Hindi: समवा, Russian: Самва) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samva is the 2,661,929th most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Samva are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 541,116th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 270 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 350,869. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 59 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 20 percent live and Harare Province, where 18 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
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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