Samora Surname
Approximately 11,421 people bear this surname
Samora Surname Definition:
Name of village in Estremadura, Portugal; Irún, Oiarzun, Fuenterrabia, Ormaiztegi, Villareal of Urretxu, Guipúzcoa, and Markina and Durango in Vizcaya. This famous surname is the name of the city where the great king, Sancho II, lord and master of El Cid, was brutally assassinated by a traitor.
Read More About This SurnameSamora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,463 | 1:147,162 | 15,189 |
| Brazil | 1,951 | 1:109,725 | 4,137 |
| Tanzania | 1,857 | 1:28,509 | 3,406 |
| Egypt | 1,342 | 1:68,507 | 6,354 |
| Colombia | 634 | 1:75,353 | 3,177 |
| Mexico | 560 | 1:221,654 | 5,736 |
| Portugal | 396 | 1:26,309 | 1,716 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Argentina | 250 | 1:170,974 | 14,355 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Philippines | 184 | 1:550,208 | 62,110 |
| Nicaragua | 143 | 1:42,106 | 1,327 |
| Indonesia | 102 | 1:1,296,561 | 90,231 |
| Honduras | 101 | 1:87,292 | 1,597 |
| Cuba | 97 | 1:118,791 | 3,283 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Ecuador | 85 | 1:187,128 | 7,666 |
| Peru | 79 | 1:402,331 | 12,852 |
| France | 63 | 1:1,054,329 | 115,549 |
| Guatemala | 48 | 1:335,056 | 4,665 |
| Spain | 48 | 1:974,001 | 36,812 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| El Salvador | 40 | 1:158,597 | 1,915 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Venezuela | 29 | 1:1,041,520 | 15,561 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| Kenya | 21 | 1:2,199,043 | 36,489 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Belize | 10 | 1:35,547 | 2,218 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Puerto Rico | 8 | 1:443,767 | 3,219 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 1:717,487 | 10,371 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 389 | 1:129,097 | 12,418 |
The alternate forms: Samorá (1) & Samóra (1) are calculated separately.
Samora (19,953) may also be a first name.
Samora Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Name of village in Estremadura, Portugal; Irún, Oiarzun, Fuenterrabia, Ormaiztegi, Villareal of Urretxu, Guipúzcoa, and Markina and Durango in Vizcaya. This famous surname is the name of the city where the great king, Sancho II, lord and master of El Cid, was brutally assassinated by a traitor. Derives from "amor"—holm trees, locative suffix "-a" and prothetic Z (S).
See Zamora, Zamorano.
Samora Demographics
Average Samora Salary in
United States
$35,913 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samora (Arabic: سامورا, Hindi: समोरा, Russian: Самора) occurs most in The United States. It can occur as a variant: Samorá or Samóra. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samora? popularity and diffusion
Samora is the 45,436th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 638,083 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Samora are found; 27 percent are found in South America and 21 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 37,851st most widespread first name in the world, borne by 19,953 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 2,463 people, or 1 in 147,162. In The United States Samora is mostly found in: Texas, where 19 percent live, California, where 18 percent live and Colorado, where 17 percent live. Not including The United States Samora exists in 78 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 17 percent live and Tanzania, where 16 percent live.
Samora Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Samora has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Samora last name grew 633 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Samora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Samora last name are 16.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.91% being registered with the party.
The amount Samora earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 23.45% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,839 per year; in Colombia they earn 19.62% more than the national average, earning $27,157,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 16.77% less than the national average, earning $35,913 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samora in the Hindi language | ||
| समोरा | samora | - |
| Samora in the Russian language | ||
| Самора | samora | - |
| Samora in the Arabic language | ||
| سامورا | samwra | - |
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Footnotes
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