Samyah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Samyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Samyah (636) may also be a first name.
Samyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samyah is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samyah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Samyah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Samyah are found; 40 percent are found in Central Africa and 40 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Samyah is also the 329,982nd most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 636 people.
The last name Samyah is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 50 percent are found and West Region, where 50 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent are found and Liberia, where 20 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 Samyah
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