Samaniega Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Samaniega Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samaniega Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico1411:880,32812,251
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Samaniega Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samaniega Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Samaniega is found in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samaniega? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,290,735th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Samaniega live; 99 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Hispano-North America.

Samaniega is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 880,328. In Mexico Samaniega is most common in: Nayarit, where 74 percent are found, Jalisco, where 11 percent are found and Sinaloa, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Mexico this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.

Samaniega Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Samaniega surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.

Samaniega earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 47.95% less than the national average, earning $22,458 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Samaniega
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