The Samar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 303 people carried this name — #65,424 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 16% from 261 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Samar.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Samar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Akim Samar 1916–1943 · writer -
Akim Samar 1916–1942 · writer
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Sima Samar 1957– · physician
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Žiga Samar 2001– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Samar.
- Salvini 249 · U.S. census
- Salvo 2,656 · U.S. census
- Saly 212 · U.S. census
- Salzmann 681 · U.S. census
- Sam 12,053 · U.S. census
- Sama 854 · U.S. census
- Samara 872 · U.S. census
- Samb 276 · U.S. census
- Samba 371 · U.S. census
- Samedi 381 · U.S. census
- Sammartano 217 · U.S. census
- Sammartino 747 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Samar is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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