Samwee Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Samwee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 22 | 1:200,388 | 13,260 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Samwee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samwee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samwee is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samwee? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Samwee occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Samwee reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 200,388. In Liberia Samwee is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 55 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 36 percent are found and Sinoe County, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 4 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Samwee
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