Samar is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Samar
No. of characters: 5
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Samar

How popular is Samar?

Samar is common in India.

Samar is ranked 6465 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Samars grew by 16.09195 per cent to 303 since 2000 and ranked 65424 after elevating 4628 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
White 58.09 62.45
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
22.44 19.92
Black 8.91 3.07
Others 6.93 11.11
Samar is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Papua New Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 84067 people have been found who wears Samar as their family name. Samar is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
39,450 Moldova8
46,707 New Zealand5
2,537 Afghanistan4
6,706 Lebanon3
19,452 Malaysia3
5,318 Iraq2
2,449 Yemen2
147,165 Czech Republic2
16,228 Bulgaria1
38,063 Mauritania1
3,214 Niger1
25,746 Finland1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
34,581 Chile1
107,212 South Africa1
6,033 Benin1
91,024 Belgium1
10,958 Bangladesh1
49,529 Israel1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
3,275 Nepal1
2,309 Monaco1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
11,831 Tajikistan1
1,005 The Gambia1
6,967 Macedonia1
16,283 Lithuania1
13,447 Uganda1
537 Liechtenstein1
4,942 Libya1
28,365 Kenya1
10,190 Bahrain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
43,851 Netherlands44
6,551 Qatar39
65,136 Spain25
11,685 Singapore24
24,162 Kyrgyzstan24
75,259 Australia22
53,698 Belarus18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
4,262 Kuwait87
57,588 Argentina75
5,607 Slovenia68
35,558 Kazakhstan67
52,053 Canada59
Countries with hundreds of Samar:
6,905 Ukraine826
4,278 Saudi Arabia808
16,333 Indonesia725
31,213 Russia497
4,000 Tunisia396
25,985 France380
68,582 United States361
17,557 Turkey349
6,771 Peru328
4,163 United Arab Emirates237
4,340 Jordan216
50,182 Germany202
60,164 Brazil159
21,011 Mexico157
3,641 Oman124
36,041 England118
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Samar:
1,421 Pakistan8,172
1,735 Philippines6,445
1,630 Morocco2,953
2,823 Egypt2,860
2,371 Algeria2,767
1,727 Syria2,058
548 Papua New Guinea1,743
8,161 Iran1,126
Countries with ten thousands of Samar:
1,227 India49,206
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Comments

C
Cherilyn Wingert
 The origin of the name is Basque there are several etymological possibilities for this surname - either it comes from zamar word meaning the garment skin wool lined sheep; and by extension the land of the one wearing this garment - whether it comes from the word meaning zamar: tangled; dirty; and by extension the place bushy - whether it comes from the word meaning zamarr: quarrel, and by extension the earth from that quarrelsome this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Samar Namesakes

  • Kieron Joseph Samaroo, Politician
  • Adesh Samaroo, Singer
  • Antonis Samaras, Former Prime Minister of Greece
  • Aggeliki Samari, Andreas Samaris' mother
  • Lahiru Samarakoon, Cricket Player
  • Akim Samar, Poet
  • Alchiviad Diamandi di Samarina, Political figure
  • Alchiviad Diamandi di Samarina, Political figure
  • Preeta Samarasan, Author
  • Ambika Samarthya, Screenwriter

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