The Samara surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 872 people carried this name — #27,604 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 21% from 722 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 92 people named Samara 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Samara.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
94 people named Samara is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Samara,
with a public archive behind them.
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George A. Samara 1936–2006 · chemist
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Eni de Mesquita Samara 1948–2011 · professor
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Fred Samara 1950– · athletics competitor
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Eleni Samara 1953– · teacher
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Tony Samara 1965– · teacher
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Maria Alice Samara 1974– · historian
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Samara.
- 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
- Samar 303 · 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
- Sammut 441 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Samara is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.