Samayoa Surname
Approximately 41,635 people bear this surname
Samayoa Surname Definition:
Variant of the Basque surname Zamalloa which comes from "ama" - oak or holm plantation - plus two suffixes of abundance "-lo" and "-oa" with the prothetic S (Z). Name of place in Mondragón, Guipúzcoa, Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina.
Read More About This SurnameSamayoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 32,503 | 1:495 | 87 |
| Mexico | 3,751 | 1:33,091 | 2,042 |
| United States | 2,341 | 1:154,831 | 15,848 |
| El Salvador | 1,975 | 1:3,212 | 417 |
| Honduras | 303 | 1:29,097 | 977 |
| Nicaragua | 282 | 1:21,351 | 1,002 |
| Argentina | 137 | 1:311,996 | 24,829 |
| Canada | 84 | 1:438,638 | 38,170 |
| Belize | 72 | 1:4,937 | 872 |
| Spain | 46 | 1:1,016,349 | 37,676 |
| Costa Rica | 35 | 1:136,573 | 2,034 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Panama | 15 | 1:260,817 | 6,584 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Hungary | 11 | 1:892,389 | 45,166 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Samayoa (17) may also be a first name.
Samayoa Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Variant of the Basque surname Zamalloa which comes from "ama" - oak or holm plantation - plus two suffixes of abundance "-lo" and "-oa" with the prothetic S (Z). Name of place in Mondragón, Guipúzcoa, Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina.
Samayoa Demographics
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Samayoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samayoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samayoa is found most in Guatemala. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samayoa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 13,425th most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 175,034 people. The last name Samayoa occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Samayoa are found; 85 percent are found in Central America and 84 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 17 people.
The last name Samayoa is most commonly used in Guatemala, where it is carried by 32,503 people, or 1 in 495. In Guatemala Samayoa is most frequent in: Huehuetenango Department, where 37 percent live, Guatemala Department, where 27 percent live and Quetzaltenango Department, where 6 percent live. Other than Guatemala this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Samayoa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Samayoa last name are 40.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.91% being registered with the party.
The amount Samayoa earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 4.62% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,490 per year; in United States they earn 12.52% less than the national average, earning $37,748 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.56% less than the national average, earning $41,455 CAD per year.
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