Samara Forename
6,866th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 152,865 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Kyrgyzstan
Samara Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: Seed of the elm.
Samara Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 96,128 | 1:2,229 | 341 |
| India | 90% | 9,042 | 1:134,359 | 15,254 |
| Iraq | 100% | 6,822 | 1:5,133 | 626 |
| Egypt | 59% | 6,051 | 1:15,188 | 1,275 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 5,993 | 1:997 | 167 |
| United States | 100% | 4,248 | 1:85,343 | 4,001 |
| Spain | 100% | 4,221 | 1:11,023 | 804 |
| Iran | 100% | 2,730 | 1:28,753 | 1,374 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,291 | 1:69,603 | 5,346 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 1,464 | 1:22,284 | 1,597 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,302 | 1:95,349 | 2,511 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1,226 | 1:158,530 | 5,839 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,073 | 1:19,384 | 2,577 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 880 | 1:6,395 | 821 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 835 | 1:8,565 | 953 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Morocco | - | 764 | 1:44,959 | 1,962 |
| Australia | - | 747 | 1:18,283 | 1,341 |
| England | 100% | 548 | 1:101,465 | 3,853 |
| Russia | 92% | 491 | 1:293,755 | 3,844 |
| Canada | 100% | 456 | 1:72,661 | 4,195 |
| Colombia | 100% | 405 | 1:117,973 | 3,583 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 401 | 1:24,047 | 2,086 |
| Israel | 83% | 265 | 1:31,709 | 2,418 |
| Jordan | 61% | 226 | 1:39,057 | 1,412 |
| Palestine | 56% | 219 | 1:20,777 | 1,085 |
| Kuwait | - | 209 | 1:18,111 | 1,954 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 203 | 1:83,261 | 4,636 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 181 | 1:88,997 | 2,102 |
| Haiti | 100% | 176 | 1:60,949 | 3,892 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 159 | 1:1,622,413 | 88,161 |
| Portugal | - | 138 | 1:75,441 | 2,229 |
| New Zealand | - | 120 | 1:37,800 | 2,305 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 113 | 1:53,260 | 2,519 |
| Uzbekistan | 67% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| South Africa | 95% | 90 | 1:605,918 | 27,289 |
| DR Congo | 85% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Philippines | 91% | 89 | 1:1,191,118 | 30,822 |
| Chile | 94% | 87 | 1:202,382 | 3,709 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 80 | 1:377,524 | 11,070 |
| Niger | 95% | 69 | 1:278,029 | 6,975 |
| Panama | 100% | 56 | 1:69,760 | 4,016 |
| Nigeria | 72% | 55 | 1:3,228,443 | 55,255 |
| Thailand | 86% | 55 | 1:1,273,924 | 42,340 |
| Ecuador | - | 54 | 1:328,276 | 4,358 |
| Sweden | 98% | 54 | 1:182,554 | 6,536 |
| Yemen | - | 50 | 1:525,935 | 2,412 |
| Angola | 100% | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 47 | 1:377,592 | 6,344 |
| Malaysia | 79% | 47 | 1:647,871 | 26,056 |
| Germany | 99% | 43 | 1:2,248,323 | 12,451 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69% | 42 | 1:194,103 | 16,615 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 38 | 1:35,827 | 3,585 |
| Honduras | 100% | 37 | 1:238,310 | 5,124 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Argentina | 100% | 32 | 1:1,336,664 | 6,063 |
| Scotland | 100% | 30 | 1:178,346 | 3,310 |
| France | 100% | 29 | 1:2,292,081 | 12,764 |
| Armenia | 100% | 25 | 1:116,750 | 2,752 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 25 | 1:417,251 | 13,014 |
| Latvia | 100% | 25 | 1:80,626 | 1,731 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 18 | 1:264,886 | 5,347 |
| Jamaica | - | 18 | 1:160,179 | 5,771 |
| Belarus | 86% | 17 | 1:557,787 | 3,467 |
| Peru | 100% | 16 | 1:1,986,966 | 20,449 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 16 | 1:214,227 | 3,836 |
| Denmark | - | 15 | 1:376,633 | 6,579 |
| Georgia | 100% | 15 | 1:249,231 | 6,179 |
| Italy | 100% | 15 | 1:4,070,806 | 21,403 |
| Wales | 100% | 15 | 1:206,287 | 3,673 |
| El Salvador | - | 13 | 1:487,830 | 4,461 |
| Japan | - | 13 | 1:9,845,081 | 34,731 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 12 | 1:684,458 | 9,518 |
| Austria | 100% | 11 | 1:774,018 | 6,072 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11 | 1:1,044,549 | 12,446 |
| Cambodia | 92% | 11 | 1:1,479,394 | 19,817 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Kenya | - | 11 | 1:4,209,737 | 24,377 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Greece | 100% | 10 | 1:1,093,455 | 9,717 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 10 | 1:67,690 | 3,091 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Grenada | 100% | 9 | 1:12,014 | 1,427 |
| Poland | 90% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 9 | 1:1,713,757 | 49,613 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 8 | 1:443,788 | 3,677 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Algeria | 100% | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Liberia | 67% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Syria | - | 6 | 1:3,217,679 | 5,023 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Zambia | - | 6 | 1:2,642,466 | 23,928 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Oman | 100% | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 4 | 1:47,999 | 3,228 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Romania | 100% | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Senegal | 50% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Sâmara (54), Samára (4), Sámara (3), Şamara (2) & Sãmara (2) are calculated separately.
Samara (52,325) may also be a surname.
Samara Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: Seed of the elm.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Samara Forename Popularity
Samara Demographics
Samara Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 501 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Samara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samara in the Russian language | ||
| Самара | samara | - |
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