The Samaniego surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,281 people carried this name — #4,295 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,600 people counted. That is up 31% from 6,314 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Samaniego surname

From Spanish Samaniego, a habitational surname from Basque.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Samaniego» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 7,679 people named Samaniego live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 4,165
City of Buenos Aires 700
Formosa 565
Misiones 525
Santa Fe 405
Corrientes 393
Chaco 359
Entre Ríos 143

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

30 people named Samaniego live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 9
Aargau 4
Schaffhausen 4
Vaud 4
Fribourg 3
Lucerne 3
Zurich 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 23 people named Samaniego.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 7
Hérault 2
Tarn-et-Garonne 2
Tarn 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Samaniego in American newspapers,
1881–1920.

Newspaper page from Las Vegas Daily Gazette carrying the name Samaniego
Las Vegas Daily Gazette 1883-07-24
Newspaper page from The Silver State carrying the name Samaniego
The Silver State 1881-10-06
Newspaper page from Carson City Daily Appeal carrying the name Samaniego
Carson City Daily Appeal 1920-04-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,332 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Samaniego in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1940s.

27 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Samaniego. The most, 22, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1
South Australia 1
Victoria 1
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Samaniego.

Who carried it

People named Samaniego,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sebastiana Josepha de la Santíssima Trinidad
    Sebastiana Josepha de la Santíssima Trinidad 1709–1757 · nun
  • Mariano Samaniego
    Mariano Samaniego 1831–1905 · physician
  • Antenor Samaniego
    Antenor Samaniego 1919–1983 · writer
  • José Samaniego y Gómez de Bonilla d. 2011 · military personnel
  • Ramon Maria Loreto Canal de Samaniego 1817–1899 · politician
  • Ramon Maria Loreto Canal de Samaniego 1817–1899 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Samaniego,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States175 records

175 records of the Samaniego name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 118
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 37
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 18
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roberto Samaniego

    Born 1935; from El Paso, Texas. U.S. Army, air observation pilot; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Carlos L. Samaniego

    Born 1906 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; sales agent from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record David Samaniego

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1957, died 1979; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 175 records for Samaniego in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France6 records

6 records of the Samaniego name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Antonia Damiana Samaniego

    Born 1907 in Spain; died 1994 in Saint-Tropez (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Juan Francisco Samaniego

    Born 1913 in Spain; died 1995 in Nyer (Pyrénées-Orientales).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Albert Rene Samaniego

    Born 1930 in Boucau; died 2000 in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Samaniego in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Nearby in the index

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