Samar Surname
Approximately 99,430 people bear this surname
Samar Surname User-submission:
This name means: talking at moon light.
Samar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 62,236 | 1:12,325 | 1,005 |
| Afghanistan | 7,602 | 1:4,230 | 421 |
| Pakistan | 6,508 | 1:27,450 | 1,408 |
| Philippines | 6,072 | 1:16,673 | 1,917 |
| Egypt | 4,973 | 1:18,487 | 2,145 |
| Algeria | 2,272 | 1:17,003 | 3,100 |
| Morocco | 1,772 | 1:19,456 | 3,003 |
| Russia | 1,381 | 1:104,361 | 12,773 |
| Ukraine | 980 | 1:46,452 | 6,746 |
| Turkey | 865 | 1:89,967 | 8,051 |
| Indonesia | 809 | 1:163,472 | 15,907 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| Iran | 535 | 1:143,519 | 12,784 |
| Peru | 423 | 1:75,140 | 5,411 |
| United States | 371 | 1:976,978 | 72,504 |
| France | 360 | 1:184,508 | 28,709 |
| United Arab Emirates | 256 | 1:35,790 | 3,775 |
| Iraq | 252 | 1:138,975 | 3,720 |
| Haiti | 179 | 1:59,687 | 3,425 |
| Papua New Guinea | 124 | 1:65,756 | 8,577 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Qatar | 59 | 1:39,966 | 4,109 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| Netherlands | 43 | 1:392,725 | 41,894 |
| Taiwan | 38 | 1:616,967 | 4,529 |
| Mexico | 34 | 1:3,650,771 | 25,133 |
| Slovenia | 30 | 1:82,922 | 10,664 |
| Syria | 29 | 1:665,552 | 5,809 |
| Yemen | 28 | 1:943,760 | 11,445 |
| Kazakhstan | 26 | 1:680,096 | 45,825 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Israel | 25 | 1:342,305 | 28,607 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 20 | 1:298,633 | 26,437 |
| Tunisia | 17 | 1:35,919 | 5,218 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Samar (735,307) may also be a first name.
Samar Surname Meaning
Samar Demographics
Average Male Samar Height
172.24 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Samar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samar (Arabic: السمر, Bengali: সমর, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺎﺭ, Hindi: समर, Marathi: समर, Oriya: ସମର, Russian: Самар, Tibetan: ས་མར་) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samar is the 5,687th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 73,293 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Samar live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,295th most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 735,307 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 62,236 people, or 1 in 12,325. In India it is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 97 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 1 percent live and Bihar, where 0 percent live. Aside from India Samar occurs in 88 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 8 percent live and Pakistan, where 7 percent live.
Samar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Samar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Samar last name rose 7,420 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Samar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Samar surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Maronite (43%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Samar last name are 5.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.17% being registered with the political party.
The amount Samar earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 5.45% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,328 per year; in United States they earn 16.23% more than the national average, earning $50,154 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.55% more than the national average, earning $50,452 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺎﺭ | smar | - |
| Samar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་མར་ | samar | - |
| Samar in the Bengali language | ||
| সমর | samara | 99.54 |
| সামর | samara | 0.06 |
| Samar in the Hindi language | ||
| समर | samara | 98.68 |
| सामर | samara | 0.7 |
| समार | samara | 0.16 |
| समार् | samar | 0.03 |
| समेर | samera | 0.01 |
| समर्ा | samara | 0.01 |
| शमा्रा | samara | 0.01 |
| सामार | samara | 0.01 |
| समन | samana | 0.01 |
| समा | sama | 0.01 |
| अमर | amara | 0.01 |
| सम | sama | 0.01 |
| संअर | samara | 0.01 |
| Samar in the Marathi language | ||
| समर | samara | 83.18 |
| सामर | samara | 6.23 |
| समरिंसग | samarinsaga | 2.68 |
| समार | samara | 2.68 |
| सामार | samara | 0.47 |
| समीर | samira | 0.2 |
| अमर | amara | 0.13 |
| असमा | asama | 0.13 |
| समऱ | samara | 0.07 |
| रामकृ | ramakr | 0.07 |
| समद | samada | 0.07 |
| समरी | samari | 0.07 |
| शालरी | salari | 0.07 |
| अमल | amala | 0.07 |
| साार | saara | 0.07 |
| सागर | sagara | 0.07 |
| सालार | salara | 0.07 |
| रामर | ramara | 0.07 |
| सगर | sagara | 0.07 |
| शम | sama | 0.07 |
| Samar in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମର | samara | 79.94 |
| ସମାର | samara | 13.49 |
| ସମରର | samarara | 2.26 |
| ସାମର | samara | 1.09 |
| ସାମାର | samara | 0.8 |
| ସମରା | samara | 0.22 |
| ସମୀର | samira | 0.22 |
| ରମାକା | ramaka | 0.07 |
| ସମାର୍ | samar | 0.07 |
| ସାମଲ | samala | 0.07 |
| ସାମ | sama | 0.07 |
| ଶମର | samara | 0.07 |
| ସମରୁ | samaru | 0.07 |
| Samar in the Russian language | ||
| Самар | samar | - |
| Samar in the Arabic language | ||
| السمر | alsmr | - |
| سيمر | symr | - |
| صمير | smyr | - |
| سمار | smar | - |
| سمر | smr | - |
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