The surname Samad
A surname, carried by 1,185 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S530
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,185 people named Samad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,545 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 776.
Who is named Samad
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
44% of people named Samad identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 44%
- White (not Hispanic) 28%
- Black (not Hispanic) 17%
- Two or more races 6.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Samad has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.
Questions
- How common is the surname Samad?
- 1,185 people in the United States had the surname Samad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,545 Americans. It ranked 21,912th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Samad?
- In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Samad identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Samad getting more or less common?
- More common. 776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,185 in 2010, up 53%.