Samanta is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Samanta
No. of characters: 7
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Samanta

How popular is Samanta?

Samanta is common in India.

Samanta is ranked 1169 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Samantas grew by 110.6557 per cent to 257 since 2000 and ranked 75069 after elevating 53728 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 89.49 79.51
White 4.67 12.3
Hispanic or Latino 2.72 5.74
Others 2.33 0
Samanta is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in India which signifies that it is originated from India. Around 454279 people have been found who wears Samanta as their family name. Samanta is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,759 Japan5
119,732 Spain5
122,390 Belarus4
14,054 China3
19,452 Malaysia3
9,097 Wales3
23,165 Romania3
9,077 Lithuania3
10,284 Kuwait2
40,064 Nigeria2
14,521 Portugal2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
18,718 Thailand2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
10,395 Latvia2
6,266 Luxembourg2
443 Bhutan2
2,085 Nepal2
18,035 Egypt2
219,873 France2
12,741 Ecuador1
14,618 Guyana1
24,771 Colombia1
19,810 Croatia1
118,015 Netherlands1
31,584 Peru1
2,505 Congo1
107,212 South Africa1
174,544 Czech Republic1
10,190 Bahrain1
37,493 Austria1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
28,746 Algeria1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
66,560 Philippines1
2,333 Montenegro1
8,268 Mauritius1
4,942 Libya1
11,923 Slovenia1
7,895 South Korea1
5,589 Sudan1
14,373 Jordan1
9,498 Iceland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
13,447 Uganda1
7,941 Guatemala1
5,553 Taiwan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
114,425 Ukraine34
20,103 Norway33
257,310 Russia31
32,811 Sweden29
14,048 Ireland16
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,560 Finland97
3,743 Singapore89
46,183 Canada68
33,202 Australia67
4,367 Qatar58
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Samanta:
58,959 United States434
31,047 Germany336
20,596 Poland286
44,833 Indonesia212
23,671 England210
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
5,820 United Arab Emirates168
3,016 Oman155
15,938 Greece123
40,399 Argentina119
27,127 Mexico105
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Samanta:
3,757 Bangladesh2,063
11,837 Brazil1,145
Countries with hundred thousands of Samanta:
179 India447,959
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Laborer Agostino Samanta from Italy aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm Ii from Genoa & Gibraltar. He is registered to be 40 years old when he arrived in Boston on May 22, 1894.

Samanta Namesakes

  • Aditya Samanta, Actor
  • Shakti Samanta, Film director
  • Shakti Samanta, Film director
  • Ashim Samanta, Film director
  • Shakti Samanta, Film director
  • Bimal K. Samanta, Author
  • Late Shri Anadi Charan Samanta, Achyuta Samanta's father
  • Deval Samanta, Cinematographer
  • Shakti Samanta, Film director
  • Ashim Samanta, Film director

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