Samú Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Samú Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Samu (33,305), Šamu (269) & Şamu (3) are calculated separately.
Samú (10,627) may also be a first name.
Samú Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samú Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samú is more commonly found in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Samu, Šamu or Şamu. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samú? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Samú occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Samú are found; 79 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 71 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. Samú is also the 58,816th most frequent first name in the world, held by 10,627 people.
Samú is most common in Hungary, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 981,628. In Hungary Samú is most frequent in: Somogy County, where 80 percent reside and Veszprém County, where 20 percent reside. Barring Hungary this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 21 percent reside and Slovakia, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samu | 92 | 33,305 | / |
| Šamu | 83 | 269 | / |
| Şamu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Samó | 75 | 3 | / |
| Samui | 67 | 18,944 | / |
| Shamu | 67 | 8,469 | / |
| Samud | 67 | 8,431 | / |
| Samoo | 67 | 6,907 | / |
| Samus | 67 | 3,536 | / |
| Samou | 67 | 3,319 | / |
| Samut | 67 | 3,037 | / |
| Saumu | 67 | 1,786 | / |
| Samau | 67 | 1,718 | / |
| Sammu | 67 | 529 | / |
| Samoe | 67 | 484 | / |
| Samuy | 67 | 364 | / |
| Samuj | 67 | 316 | / |
| Saimu | 67 | 235 | / |
| Samuś | 67 | 235 | / |
| Siamu | 67 | 232 | / |
| Samhu | 67 | 214 | / |
| Samuh | 67 | 96 | / |
| Saamu | 67 | 84 | / |
| Samnu | 67 | 25 | / |
| Sahmu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Samgu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Samoľ | 67 | 14 | / |
| Sameu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chamú | 67 | 10 | / |
| Samup | 67 | 9 | / |
| Seamu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Samuu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Samuz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Saymu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ssamu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sam'u | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Samú
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