Samos Surname
Approximately 2,450 people bear this surname
Samos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 593 | 1:209,319 | 5,544 |
| Spain | 442 | 1:105,774 | 8,493 |
| United States | 218 | 1:1,662,656 | 110,804 |
| Brazil | 218 | 1:981,992 | 34,879 |
| Argentina | 163 | 1:262,230 | 21,146 |
| Philippines | 155 | 1:653,150 | 68,425 |
| Belize | 145 | 1:2,452 | 523 |
| France | 106 | 1:626,629 | 82,018 |
| Greece | 76 | 1:145,787 | 24,076 |
| Peru | 73 | 1:435,399 | 13,331 |
| Israel | 36 | 1:237,712 | 22,042 |
| Iran | 32 | 1:2,399,454 | 79,639 |
| Poland | 32 | 1:1,187,773 | 77,523 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Albania | 15 | 1:194,270 | 13,224 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Guatemala | 7 | 1:2,297,524 | 6,613 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Samoś (7) & Samoš (2) are calculated separately.
Samos (483) may also be a first name.
Samos Demographics
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Samos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samos (Hindi: समोस, Marathi: समोस, Russian: Самос) occurs most in Mexico. It can also appear as: Samoś or Samoš. For other possible spellings of Samos click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samos? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 174,975th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,974,509 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Samos live; 33 percent live in North America and 24 percent live in Hispano-North America. It is also the 386,824th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 483 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Mexico, where it is held by 593 people, or 1 in 209,319. In Mexico Samos is most common in: Yucatán, where 56 percent are found, Quintana Roo, where 35 percent are found and México, where 3 percent are found. Other than Mexico this surname occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Samos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Samos has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Samos last name grew 2,180 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Samos Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Samos last name are 41.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Samos earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 7.08% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,758 per year and in United States they earn 42.11% more than the national average, earning $61,319 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samos in the Marathi language | ||
| समोस | samosa | - |
| Samos in the Hindi language | ||
| समोस | samosa | 95.56 |
| सामोस | samosa | 4.44 |
| Samos in the Russian language | ||
| Самос | samos | - |
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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 Samos
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