Samaritan Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Samaritan Surname User-submission:
Derived from a Sanskrit word; it means 'light'. Samaritan is the man who constantly keeps the lamp alive.
Samaritan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Samaritan (94) may also be a first name.
Samaritan Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Derived from a Sanskrit word; it means 'light'. Samaritan is the man who constantly keeps the lamp alive.
- samrutSamaritan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaritan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samaritan is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaritan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,007,164th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 41 percent of Samaritan reside; 23 percent reside in North America and 23 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Samaritan is also the 980,251st most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 94 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 17,259,949. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New Mexico, where 19 percent live, New York, where 14 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 18 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Samaritan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis