The surname Samaniego
A Basque place surname, carried by 8,281 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex S552
Origin
Basque origin
From Spanish Samaniego, a habitational surname from Basque.
Samaniego is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 20 Basque surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,281 people named Samaniego in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,284 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,314.
Who is named Samaniego
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Samaniego identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
- White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.6%
- Two or more races 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Other Basque surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Samaniego come from?
- From Spanish Samaniego, a habitational surname from Basque.
- How common is the surname Samaniego?
- 8,281 people in the United States had the surname Samaniego in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,284 Americans. It ranked 4,295th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Samaniego?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Samaniego identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Samaniego?
- Samaniego is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Samaniego getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,281 in 2010, up 31%.