Samra Surname
Approximately 29,572 people bear this surname
Samra Surname User-submission:
The Samra surname means 'dark brown' in Arabic (femimine word for brown).
Samra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 13,942 | 1:6,594 | 805 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,902 | 1:10,633 | 1,467 |
| England | 2,004 | 1:27,803 | 3,765 |
| Lebanon | 1,789 | 1:3,151 | 596 |
| United States | 1,783 | 1:203,286 | 19,967 |
| India | 1,576 | 1:486,717 | 24,690 |
| Canada | 1,306 | 1:28,213 | 3,727 |
| Pakistan | 835 | 1:213,945 | 5,103 |
| Morocco | 716 | 1:48,151 | 7,863 |
| Turkey | 293 | 1:265,602 | 18,069 |
| Algeria | 260 | 1:148,583 | 19,471 |
| Syria | 244 | 1:79,103 | 3,164 |
| Jordan | 198 | 1:44,659 | 4,729 |
| United Arab Emirates | 167 | 1:54,864 | 5,377 |
| Australia | 160 | 1:168,723 | 17,330 |
| Philippines | 137 | 1:738,965 | 73,424 |
| Indonesia | 118 | 1:1,120,756 | 80,521 |
| Argentina | 102 | 1:419,053 | 31,889 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Venezuela | 75 | 1:402,721 | 8,293 |
| Brazil | 59 | 1:3,628,379 | 101,412 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Scotland | 54 | 1:99,145 | 6,812 |
| Qatar | 50 | 1:47,160 | 4,880 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Mexico | 33 | 1:3,761,400 | 25,486 |
| Israel | 33 | 1:259,322 | 23,464 |
| Palestine | 26 | 1:174,956 | 8,796 |
| Maldives | 24 | 1:16,840 | 1,162 |
| Honduras | 23 | 1:383,324 | 3,011 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Afghanistan | 20 | 1:1,607,659 | 12,727 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Nepal | 12 | 1:2,373,413 | 8,828 |
| Senegal | 12 | 1:1,214,945 | 3,496 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
Samra (45,654) may also be a first name.
Samra Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Samra surname means 'dark brown' in Arabic (femimine word for brown).
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Samra Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Samra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samra (Arabic: صامره, Bengali: সম্রা, Georgian: სამრა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﺮﻩ, Hindi: समरा, Marathi: समरा, Oriya: ସମା, Russian: Самра) is found most frequently in Egypt. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Samra click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samra? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 18,640th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 246,434 people. Samra occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Samra reside; 51 percent reside in North Africa and 47 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Samra is also the 19,961st most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 45,654 people.
This last name is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 13,942 people, or 1 in 6,594. Not including Egypt it occurs in 89 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.
Samra Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Samra surname is predominantly Maronite (56%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Samra last name are 4.11% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.34% registered with the political party.
The amount Samra earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 13.86% more than the national average, earning R 270,564 per year; in United States they earn 20.13% more than the national average, earning $51,835 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.54% more than the national average, earning $58,892 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samra in the Georgian language | ||
| სამრა | samra | - |
| Samra in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﺮﻩ | smrh | - |
| Samra in the Marathi language | ||
| समरा | samara | 71.7 |
| सामरा | samara | 16.98 |
| समर | samara | 1.89 |
| समन | samana | 1.89 |
| Samra in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্রা | samra | 64.52 |
| সমরা | samara | 32.26 |
| সামরা | samara | 3.23 |
| Samra in the Hindi language | ||
| समरा | samara | 62.31 |
| सामरा | samara | 36.44 |
| समर | samara | 0.36 |
| सम्रा | samra | 0.27 |
| शर्मा | sarma | 0.09 |
| सोमरा | somara | 0.09 |
| सायरा | sayara | 0.09 |
| साम्रा | samra | 0.09 |
| Samra in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମା | sama | 57.14 |
| ସମରା | samara | 40 |
| ସାମା | sama | 0.82 |
| ସମର | samara | 0.41 |
| ସମୀର | samira | 0.41 |
| ଷମରା | samara | 0.41 |
| ସମିର | samira | 0.41 |
| ସାମାଦ | samada | 0.41 |
| Samra in the Russian language | ||
| Самра | samra | - |
| Samra in the Arabic language | ||
| صامره | samrh | - |
| السمرا | alsmra | - |
| سمرة | smrt | - |
| سمرا | smra | - |
| سمره | smrh | - |
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