Samya Surname
Approximately 1,572 people bear this surname
Samya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| India | 270 | 1:2,840,983 | 86,804 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| Pakistan | 27 | 1:6,616,440 | 38,275 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1:1,935,893 | 7,100 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Sâmya (1) are calculated separately.
Samya (49,781) may also be a first name.
Samya Demographics
Average Samya Salary in
United States
$43,628 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samya (Bengali: সম্যা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻣﻴﻪ, Hindi: सम्या, Marathi: समया, Oriya: ସମଯ୍ର, Russian: Самя) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Sâmya. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 251,891st most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 4,635,843 people. Samya occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Samya live; 46 percent live in North Africa and 26 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 18,559th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 49,781 people.
This last name is most widely held in Morocco, where it is carried by 409 people, or 1 in 84,294. Excluding Morocco this last name is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 23 percent are found and Egypt, where 19 percent are found.
Samya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Samya has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Samya surname rose 1,933 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Samya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Samya last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
Samya earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.11% more than the national average, earning $43,628 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻣﻴﻪ | samyh | - |
| Samya in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্যা | samya | - |
| Samya in the Marathi language | ||
| समया | samaya | 60 |
| सामया | samaya | 20 |
| समीया | samiya | 20 |
| Samya in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्या | samya | 50 |
| समया | samaya | 16.03 |
| साम्या | samya | 13.64 |
| सामया | samaya | 9.09 |
| सम्य | samya | 6.7 |
| साम्य | samya | 1.67 |
| सौम्या | saumya | 0.96 |
| समय | samaya | 0.72 |
| सौम्य | saumya | 0.24 |
| सोम्या | somya | 0.24 |
| सम | sama | 0.24 |
| सोमिया | somiya | 0.24 |
| Samya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମଯ୍ର | samayra | 28.85 |
| ସମଯ୍ | samay | 17.31 |
| ସାମଯ୍ | samay | 13.46 |
| ସମଯ୍ା | samaya | 9.62 |
| େସୗମଯ୍ର | esamayra | 5.77 |
| ସମୀର | samira | 1.92 |
| ସମ | sama | 1.92 |
| ସମା | sama | 1.92 |
| ଶାମଯ୍ା | samaya | 1.92 |
| ସାମୟା | samaya | 1.92 |
| ଶାମଯ୍ | samay | 1.92 |
| ସାମଯ୍ା | samaya | 1.92 |
| Samya in the Russian language | ||
| Самя | sama | - |
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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 Samya
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