Samo Surname

11,730^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 47,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Mozambique

Highest density in:

Solomon Islands

Samo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Samo Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Mozambique	15,450	1:1,765	422
Pakistan	10,322	1:17,307	1,062
Syria	3,579	1:5,393	600
Egypt	2,715	1:33,862	3,580
Thailand	2,336	1:30,239	2,981
Tanzania	2,229	1:23,751	2,921
India	1,078	1:711,563	32,872
Bolivia	911	1:11,654	1,205
Algeria	727	1:53,138	9,115
Morocco	716	1:48,151	7,863
Philippines	708	1:142,992	24,070
Cameroon	683	1:30,409	4,107
Solomon Islands	614	1:945	32
Papua New Guinea	583	1:13,986	1,331
Kenya	521	1:88,637	8,014
Iraq	487	1:71,913	2,439
Indonesia	450	1:293,887	26,204
United States	427	1:848,850	64,722
Benin	402	1:25,710	3,450
Bangladesh	360	1:442,658	11,259
France	293	1:226,699	35,158
Saudi Arabia	278	1:110,992	14,774
Nigeria	265	1:668,463	31,178
Peru	217	1:146,471	7,871
Ivory Coast	158	1:146,020	6,877
DR Congo	123	1:600,647	45,387
Botswana	88	1:24,851	5,011
Taiwan	79	1:296,769	2,416
Niger	68	1:282,236	8,651
Brazil	63	1:3,398,005	96,455
Italy	63	1:970,741	68,914
Spain	63	1:742,096	31,639
Lebanon	55	1:102,492	6,062
Lesotho	53	1:38,350	6,671
Sweden	47	1:209,505	14,512
Kuwait	39	1:97,454	10,676
Russia	38	1:3,792,712	188,390
Liberia	36	1:122,459	9,313
Zimbabwe	33	1:467,825	39,606
Iran	32	1:2,399,454	79,639
United Arab Emirates	31	1:295,557	19,854
Malaysia	27	1:1,092,379	48,277
Chile	23	1:765,934	16,989
Germany	23	1:3,500,237	154,763
Latvia	22	1:93,184	13,456
Puerto Rico	21	1:169,054	2,039
Romania	21	1:956,089	52,327
Slovakia	20	1:266,822	40,422
Armenia	19	1:154,220	4,685
Canada	18	1:2,046,977	128,463
Turkey	17	1:4,577,731	104,623
Australia	16	1:1,687,231	81,699
Jordan	14	1:631,603	13,893
Mauritania	14	1:292,490	12,957
Uganda	14	1:2,788,520	78,087
Czechia	13	1:817,959	70,223
Argentina	12	1:3,561,951	138,643
England	12	1:4,643,172	139,951
Ukraine	12	1:3,793,558	197,857
Israel	11	1:777,967	50,646
Angola	9	1:2,998,802	4,903
Qatar	9	1:262,000	30,726
South Africa	9	1:6,019,745	157,966
Nepal	7	1:4,068,708	11,207
Switzerland	6	1:1,368,819	77,571
Tunisia	6	1:101,771	14,710
Belgium	5	1:2,299,329	106,824
Cambodia	5	1:3,097,429	8,690
Afghanistan	4	1:8,038,296	30,874
Ethiopia	4	1:24,386,566	19,165
Libya	4	1:1,560,994	3,087
Mexico	4	1:31,031,551	63,627
Slovenia	4	1:621,919	23,710
Yemen	4	1:6,606,324	25,896
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1:1,178,801	15,876
China	3	1:455,773,855	21,925
Ecuador	3	1:5,301,949	30,184
Finland	3	1:1,832,234	57,803
Kazakhstan	2	1:8,841,248	174,813
Poland	2	1:19,004,374	199,659
Ireland	1	1:4,708,939	29,543
Andorra	1	1:83,838	2,381
Austria	1	1:8,515,435	118,036
Belarus	1	1:9,501,059	159,228
Burkina Faso	1	1:18,352,100	30,051
Croatia	1	1:4,228,604	99,289
Cuba	1	1:11,522,716	17,380
Dominican Republic	1	1:10,432,932	36,508
Fiji	1	1:894,391	4,568
Gabon	1	1:1,889,194	6,814
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Greece	1	1:11,079,790	145,225
Iceland	1	1:380,090	11,096
Kyrgyzstan	1	1:5,972,654	99,197
Mauritius	1	1:1,293,417	16,552
Micronesia	1	1:106,243	1,380
Moldova	1	1:3,561,368	78,271
Netherlands	1	1:16,887,176	156,465
Palau	1	1:21,643	223
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Serbia	1	1:7,144,948	38,459
Sudan	1	1:37,510,195	14,259
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Uzbekistan	1	1:30,929,142	67,786

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	15	1:3,347,912	150,340

The alternate forms: Šamo (53), Samó (3) & Samô (1) are calculated separately.

Samo (49,606) may also be a first name.

Samo Demographics

Average Samo Salary in
United States

$45,921^USD

Per year

Rank:

545,732 of 1,180,305

Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:

0.000104456

Rank: 72,366 of 1,181,369

Percentage of national average salary:

106.42%

Sample size: 194 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149^USD

Per year

Per month:

$3,596^USD

Per week:

$799^USD

Per day:

$118^USD

View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States

Samo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samo Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Samo (Arabic: سمَو, Bengali: সামো, Georgian: სამო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻣﻮ, Hindi: सामो, Marathi: सामो, Oriya: ସେମା, Russian: Само, Tibetan: ས་མོ།) has its highest incidence in Mozambique. It can also be rendered as: Šamo, Samó or Samô. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samo? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 11,730^th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 152,239 people. The last name Samo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Samo live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 32 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 18,621^st most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 49,606 people.

The surname Samo is most numerous in Mozambique, where it is borne by 15,450 people, or 1 in 1,765. Excluding Mozambique Samo occurs in 103 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 22 percent live and Syria, where 7 percent live.

Samo Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Samo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,847 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Samo Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Chaldean Catholic (64%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Samo last name are 41.11% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.34% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Samo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 8.02% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,831 per year; in South Africa they earn 76.45% less than the national average, earning R 55,956 per year; in United States they earn 6.42% more than the national average, earning $45,921 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.95% more than the national average, earning $60,589 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Šamo	92	53	/
Samó	92	3	/
Samô	92	1	/
Samoo	89	6,907	/
Shamo	89	3,760	/
Samoy	89	3,728	/
Samoh	89	3,560	/
Samou	89	3,319	/
Sammo	89	2,588	/
Samos	89	2,450	/
Samot	89	1,270	/
Samod	89	1,169	/
Saimo	89	782	/
Samoa	89	457	/
Saymo	89	400	/
Siamo	89	365	/
Samoi	89	357	/
Saamo	89	308	/
Saemo	89	132	/
Sahmo	89	77	/
Samoć	89	62	/
Samop	89	61	/
Samoj	89	51	/
Saumo	89	29	/
Samho	89	25	/
Samgo	89	17	/
Samoľ	89	14	/
Sasmo	89	10	/
Samoś	89	7	/
Seamo	89	5	/
Ssamo	89	4	/
Samuo	89	3	/
Samoz	89	2	/
Samoš	89	2	/
Scamo	89	1	/
Satmo	89	1	/
Hsamo	89	1	/
Sjamo	89	1	/
Szamo	89	1	/
Samouh	80	2,619	/
Shammo	80	1,491	/
Samoud	80	1,366	/
Sammou	80	381	/
Szamos	80	369	/
Samout	80	251	/
Shamoo	80	192	/
Szamot	80	137	/
Sammot	80	131	/
Shamos	80	119	/
Siamou	80	117	/
Sahamo	80	102	/
Samots	80	87	/
Shamou	80	85	/
Saumoy	80	57	/
Sammoo	80	54	/
Samois	80	53	/
Samost	80	44	/
Samood	80	44	/
Saamoi	80	38	/
Shamoi	80	33	/
Samosh	80	32	/
Saimos	80	29	/
Sammoh	80	28	/
Saemoo	80	26	/
Saimou	80	25	/
Schamo	80	23	/
Shamot	80	22	/
Samooj	80	22	/
Shamoh	80	19	/
Samhoy	80	17	/
Samodh	80	13	/
Saamot	80	13	/
Shamod	80	12	/
Samoch	80	12	/
Shamoz	80	11	/
Seamoo	80	11	/
Saimoh	80	10	/
Samoyd	80	10	/
Siamoi	80	9	/
Sjaamo	80	9	/
Saimoo	80	9	/
Shamoa	80	8	/
Samooy	80	8	/
Samoss	80	7	/
Shaamo	80	7	/
Saemoh	80	7	/
Sammod	80	6	/
Samous	80	6	/
Shhamo	80	6	/
Siamoa	80	5	/
Samojh	80	5	/
Siamoo	80	5	/
Sammoi	80	5	/
Saimod	80	4	/
Saamou	80	4	/
Sahmou	80	4	/
Samhod	80	4	/
Sammos	80	3	/
Sammoy	80	3	/
Samoid	80	2	/
Samoos	80	2	/
Seamou	80	2	/
Samoit	80	2	/
Samgou	80	2	/
Saymoo	80	2	/
Shahmo	80	2	/
Samoot	80	2	/
Saymoh	80	2	/
Samott	80	1	/
Samoup	80	1	/
Samgoi	80	1	/
Shamgo	80	1	/
Shamoy	80	1	/
Shaimo	80	1	/
Saimoy	80	1	/
Sahmoh	80	1	/
Saamoh	80	1	/
Saasmo	80	1	/
Samouz	80	1	/
Samodt	80	1	/
Samgoy	80	1	/
Samhoo	80	1	/
Samhou	80	1	/
Sasmoz	80	1	/
Saumoi	80	1	/
Saumou	80	1	/
Saãmou	80	1	/
Samuoh	80	1	/
Saimot	80	1	/
Saihmo	80	1	/
Saymoi	80	1	/
Saymou	80	1	/
Saemou	80	1	/
Samhoh	80	1	/
Sammoz	80	0	/
Seamoh	80	0	/
Shaumo	80	0	/
Samotz	80	0	/
Sama	75	254,147	/
Semo	75	20,896	/
Somo	75	13,584	/
Jamo	75	9,180	/
Camo	75	7,459	/
Zamo	75	2,832	/
Xamo	75	234	/
Samà	75	177	/
Samá	75	14	/
Çamo	75	8	/
Samâ	75	1	/
Shamout	73	4,015	/
Sahmoud	73	2,328	/
Shamoos	73	1,252	/
Sammoud	73	725	/
Samhoud	73	397	/
Shamosh	73	293	/
Shamoud	73	268	/
Sammouh	73	206	/
Sahamoh	73	64	/
Shamous	73	50	/
Sammott	73	46	/
Samoojh	73	33	/
Shammoh	73	30	/
Samhout	73	19	/
Shammot	73	17	/
Sahmout	73	14	/
Samoych	73	14	/
Schammo	73	13	/
Sammout	73	13	/
Sahamoi	73	9	/
Shamoot	73	8	/
Shamouz	73	8	/
Shammos	73	6	/
Shamouh	73	6	/
Shammoo	73	5	/
Samouch	73	4	/
Shahamo	73	4	/
Shamood	73	4	/
Samhoha	73	4	/
Samoich	73	3	/
Samoggi	73	3	/
Shamoha	73	3	/
Shamoch	73	2	/
Samoohy	73	2	/
Saimooa	73	2	/
Samosch	73	2	/
Sahamos	73	2	/
Sahamou	73	2	/
Saimoot	73	1	/
Sahamoo	73	1	/
Samooch	73	1	/
Sammoth	73	1	/
Samaova	73	1	/
Shaamod	73	1	/
Shaymoo	73	1	/
Shammgo	73	1	/
Shaihmo	73	1	/
Shasmoy	73	1	/
Shamohs	73	1	/
Samoush	73	1	/
Sauhmoa	73	1	/
Saymoos	73	1	/
Seamgoy	73	1	/
Seamooa	73	1	/
Seamosh	73	1	/
Shaamot	73	1	/
Samhood	73	1	/
Seamood	73	1	/
Saehmoh	73	1	/
Samohyi	73	1	/
Shahmoo	73	1	/
Shammoz	73	1	/
Saumois	73	0	/
Samad	67	290,355	/
Shama	67	49,812	/
Samah	67	42,749	/
Samat	67	35,383	/
Saima	67	32,461	/
Jamod	67	15,492	/
Chamo	67	12,286	/
Sayma	67	11,160	/
Siama	67	5,838	/
Samaa	67	5,641	/
Shomo	67	5,581	/
Samma	67	4,075	/
Shemo	67	3,358	/
Jamot	67	2,831	/
Saema	67	2,343	/
Samas	67	1,963	/
Djamo	67	1,856	/
Samau	67	1,718	/
Sauma	67	1,617	/
Samha	67	1,417	/
Somos	67	1,124	/
Caymo	67	1,092	/
Somou	67	1,013	/
Shammout	67	894	/
Sommo	67	680	/
Seumo	67	612	/
Somoh	67	607	/
Sahma	67	563	/
Semoo	67	460	/
Somoy	67	456	/
Jamos	67	448	/
Zamot	67	410	/
Soimo	67	405	/
Soumo	67	390	/
Saama	67	355	/
Giamo	67	344	/
Seemo	67	234	/
Zammo	67	223	/
Somoo	67	199	/
Semmo	67	193	/
Zamoo	67	190	/
Satma	67	176	/
Samap	67	165	/
Jammo	67	152	/
Zaamo	67	152	/
Seama	67	147	/
Jamou	67	126	/
Soemo	67	123	/
Semoi	67	121	/
Seimo	67	120	/
Xhamo	67	113	/
Samga	67	112	/
Sasma	67	96	/
Jatmo	67	92	/
Zhamo	67	90	/
Somod	67	82	/
Somot	67	75	/
Soomo	67	73	/
Caamo	67	72	/
Sajma	67	66	/
Semho	67	65	/
Jaimo	67	62	/
Zamos	67	57	/
Somoi	67	55	/
Semoy	67	48	/
Şahmo	67	43	/
Jaumo	67	42	/
Jamoo	67	40	/
Samatowa	67	39	/
Samaš	67	39	/
Zaimo	67	38	/
Jamoi	67	36	/
Jasmo	67	35	/
Jjamo	67	34	/
Zamou	67	34	/
Cammo	67	31	/
Samaz	67	29	/
Siomo	67	29	/
Zamoz	67	27	/
Ziamo	67	25	/
Scomo	67	24	/
Tjamo	67	23	/
Szama	67	23	/
Siemo	67	21	/
Somoš	67	21	/
Semoh	67	20	/
Suomo	67	20	/
Hsama	67	16	/
Ssama	67	15	/
Schamott	67	14	/
Semuo	67	14	/
Samoľová	67	14	/
Shamhood	67	13	/
Jamuo	67	13	/
Camoy	67	12	/
Sameu	67	11	/
Samáš	67	10	/
Somop	67	9	/
Suimo	67	9	/
Shamhoot	67	9	/
Samoyova	67	8	/
Somoj	67	8	/
Zamoa	67	8	/
Zamoi	67	7	/
Somoa	67	7	/
Zaumo	67	7	/
Shamá	67	7	/
Sosmo	67	7	/
Camoo	67	7	/
Jhamo	67	6	/
Samahova	67	6	/
Zamop	67	6	/
Åsemo	67	6	/
Seymo	67	5	/
Samaï	67	5	/
Jaymo	67	5	/
Jamoy	67	5	/
Zamod	67	4	/
Zamgo	67	4	/
Ssemo	67	4	/
Shammouh	67	4	/
Somuo	67	4	/
Samasowa	67	3	/
Shamhooz	67	3	/
Jamop	67	3	/
Somoz	67	3	/
Zeamo	67	3	/
Somgo	67	3	/
Sahamoph	67	3	/
Sjömo	67	3	/
Samadowa	67	2	/
Jamho	67	2	/
Shammoot	67	2	/
Shamouch	67	2	/
Zamoy	67	2	/
Scama	67	2	/
Shatmooz	67	2	/
Camoj	67	1	/
Sohmo	67	1	/
Sehmo	67	1	/
Shamoysh	67	1	/
Jeamo	67	1	/
Shammous	67	1	/
Sámoo	67	1	/
Jamoz	67	1	/
Zaemo	67	1	/
Shahmooz	67	1	/
Soymo	67	1	/
Samaâ	67	1	/
Schamout	67	1	/
Saismoot	67	1	/
Sathmoot	67	1	/

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Samo Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Samo in the Georgian language
სამო	samo	-
Samo in the Tibetan language
ས་མོ།	samo	-
Samo in the Marathi language
सामो	samo	70.83
समो	samo	29.17
Samo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﺎﻣﻮ	samw	50
ﺳﺎﻣﻪ	samh	50
Samo in the Bengali language
সামো	samo	50
সমো	samo	50
Samo in the Hindi language
सामो	samo	48.31
समो	samo	47.64
समॉ	samo	3.15
शामो	samo	0.22
शमॉ्	samo	0.22
श्यामो	syamo	0.22
सामोे	samoe	0.22
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Samo in the Oriya language
ସେମା	sema	46.15
ସାେମା	saema	30.77
ସାମ	sama	15.38
ଶାେମା	saema	7.69
Samo in the Russian language
Само	samo	-
Samo in the Arabic language
سمَو	smaw	-
سمّو	smw	-
سمو	smw	-
سامو	samw	-

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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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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 Samo
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Samo Surname

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$45,921 USD

Per year

$43,149 USD

Per year

Samo Last Name Facts

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

How Common Is The Last Name Samo? popularity and diffusion

Samo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

Samo Last Name Statistics demography

Phonetically Similar Names

Samo Name Transliterations

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Footnotes

$45,921^USD

$43,149^USD

Where Does The Last Name Samo Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Samo? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Samo Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

Samo Last Name Statistics ^demography