Sama is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sama
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sama

How popular is Sama?

Sama is common in India.

Sama is ranked 2105 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Samas grew by 32.6087 per cent to 854 since 2000 and ranked 28049 after elevating 5376 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 41.69 54.35
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 23.77 17.7
Black 17.68 9.47
Hispanic or Latino 15.34 16.93
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.82 0
Others 0.7 1.55
Sama is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Burkina Faso is ahead in terms of density. Around 258911 people have been found who wears Sama as their family name. Sama is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,206 Trinidad and Tobago8
854 Yemen6
1,654 Haiti5
1,039 Libya5
1,615 Sudan5
720,003 Russia4
671 Mali4
5,779 Uganda4
2,720 South Korea3
7,683 Latvia3
9,097 Wales3
2,236 El Salvador3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
10,686 Costa Rica3
4,164 Vietnam2
5,298 Botswana2
35,969 Denmark2
28,083 Romania2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
900 Laos2
250 Tonga2
5,859 Mauritius2
10,211 Bulgaria2
292 Equatorial Guinea2
9,185 Hong Kong2
147,165 Czech Republic2
2,085 Nepal2
510 East Timor1
9,116 Nicaragua1
2,505 Congo1
613 Central African Republic1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,314 Bolivia1
6,820 Angola1
1,542 Andorra1
7,847 Albania1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
11,486 Estonia1
11,923 Slovenia1
624 Solomon Islands1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
2,057 Myanmar1
5,916 Mozambique1
480 Micronesia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
2,935 Madagascar1
1,572 Macau1
2,196 Liberia1
19,533 Uruguay1
29,774 Venezuela1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
7,790 Zambia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
2,578 Guam1
25,746 Finland1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,175 Singapore41
31,692 Zimbabwe40
49,393 Netherlands35
14,963 Scotland26
2,705 China16
4,571 Japan14
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
1,582 Bahrain98
4,262 Kuwait87
3,494 Panama82
3,757 Mauritania79
3,256 Qatar78
14,658 Israel71
13,232 Chile63
13,876 Norway52
29,438 Belgium52
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Sama:
5,664 Argentina926
12,030 Germany841
1,368 Jordan771
12,241 France759
6,958 Spain591
4,304 Malaysia531
12,259 England495
10,157 Kenya471
27,752 Philippines451
508 Gabon402
6,557 Ghana399
2,761 United Arab Emirates375
3,418 Guatemala308
20,596 Poland286
7,448 Peru285
20,451 Turkey279
24,304 South Africa237
5,652 Tunisia231
2,286 Oman217
13,812 Australia197
144 Maldives192
19,422 Canada185
3,282 Lebanon167
724 Thailand162
5,401 Ecuador138
8,698 Colombia122
Countries with thousands of Sama:
1,683 Indonesia9,231
264 Niger8,032
627 Iraq6,457
1,889 Iran6,141
127 Sierra Leone6,018
1,736 Pakistan5,909
107 Togo5,256
2,488 Bangladesh3,781
6,357 Nigeria3,668
969 Afghanistan3,164
1,630 Morocco2,953
2,288 Algeria2,856
1,504 Syria2,352
1,539 Saudi Arabia2,309
1,263 Malawi2,200
2,770 Tanzania1,909
5,811 Italy1,825
1,139 Benin1,640
4,263 Mexico1,544
1,846 Sri Lanka1,435
10,875 Brazil1,256
25,041 United States1,229
395 Senegal1,222
2,068 Ivory Coast1,169
172 The Gambia1,036
Countries with ten thousands of Sama:
146 Burkina Faso18,628
115 Cameroon16,156
831 Egypt12,564
Countries with hundred thousands of Sama:
578 India115,843
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Francesco Giuseppe Sama was 42 years old when he migrated to New York on June 3, 1896. He lived in Italy where he worked as laborer and took Italia from Naples. Giovanni Sama (27) Laborer, 33 years old Giovanni Sama, 34 years old Nicola Giuseppe Sama, 36 years old Vincenzo Sama, are other Sama that migrated to US from Hamburg & Havre, Palermo and Naples.

Comments

C
Chantel Alsobrook
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the word meaning zama: the pile of grass; and by extension where one makes fagots this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Sama Namesakes

  • Hasan Adan Samatar, Singer
  • Kieron Joseph Samaroo, Politician
  • Abdul Basit Abdus Samad, Qāriʾ
  • Bashir Abdel Samad, Soccer player
  • Abderrahim Samadi, Actor
  • Abdi Ismail Samatar, Writer
  • Hawa Abdi Samatar, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed's wife
  • Sahra Mohamed Ali Samatar, Politician
  • Abdul Basit Abdus Samad, Qāriʾ
  • Khalid Abdul Samad, Politician
  • In 1939 biography and drama movie, Thiruneelakantar, Serukalathur Sama portrayed Siva Yogi.
  • In 2018, Baudouin Sama played the role of Baudouin in comedy flick Partenaires Particuliers.

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