Šamić Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Šamić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šamić Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia201:357,24716,776
Croatia151:281,90728,677
Bosnia and Herzegovina31:1,178,80115,876

The alternate forms: Samic (262) are calculated separately.

Šamić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Šamić Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Šamić is found most in Serbia. It may be found in the variant forms: Samic. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Šamić? popularity and diffusion

Šamić is the 3,185,033rd most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šamić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

Šamić is most commonly held in Serbia, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 357,247. In Serbia Šamić is mostly found in: Bor District, where 55 percent live and Srem District, where 45 percent live. Other than Serbia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 39 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šahmić9130/
Samic87262/
Šimić808,783/
Šumić80476/
Šemić80386/
Šomić80158/
Žamić80104/
Zamić802/
Šamik801/
Zamoić7319/
Đžamić731/
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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 Šamić
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