Samaila
given name · Latin script
Meaning: name form of Ismail
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries
/səmeɪɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Samaila is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 151K(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 2.8M
- CZCzechia1 in 5.4M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 65 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 151K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)name form of Ismail
Cited for this meaning 1
- African Muslim Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Samaila counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #533 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 151K | — | Samaila | 65 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 2.8M | — | Samaila | 2 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 2 | 1 in 5.4M | 2 | — | — |
| KE Kenya | — | — | — | — | Samaila | 1 |
| US United States | — | — | — | listed | Samaila | 31 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | — | — | 5 | Samaila | 24 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 2 | #38,476 |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Samaila mean, and where does it come from?
- name form of Ismail Recorded by African Muslim Names.
- How do you pronounce Samaila?
- A machine transcription gives /səmeɪɫə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Samaila a male or female name?
- Samaila is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Samaila have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Samaila in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled samaila.
- How common is the name Samaila?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 2 people named Samaila, about 1 in 5.4 million residents.
- How common is Samaila compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Samaila is the 533rd most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Samaila?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/samailaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Samaila” — the 533rd most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.