Samstag Surname

430,251st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 801 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Samstag Surname User-submission:

The Samstag surname derives from the German word for 'Saturday'.

Samstag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4811:167,37119,787
United States2111:1,717,815113,709
Austria831:102,59614,745
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Samstag Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Samstag surname derives from the German word for 'Saturday'.

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Samstag Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samstag (Arabic: سامستاغ) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samstag? popularity and diffusion

It is the 430,251st most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 9,098,060 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Samstag reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 481 people, or 1 in 167,371. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 71 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 19 percent live and Berlin, where 3 percent live. Not including Germany this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Austria, where 10 percent live.

Samstag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Samstag has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 541 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Samstag Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Samstag surname are 11.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.49% being registered with the party.

The amount Samstag earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.26% more than the national average, earning 353,887 kr per year and in United States they earn 22.73% more than the national average, earning $52,956 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sanstag861/
Samstagová823/
Sonstag711/
Soonstag670/
Schonstag631/
Rzamshtaq631/
Comstak571/
Camstock532/
Sanstock532/
Coomstack500/

Samstag Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samstag in the Arabic language
سامستاغsamstagh-

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