The surname Samaroo
A surname, carried by 1,471 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex S560
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,471 people named Samaroo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,888 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 910.
Who is named Samaroo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
44% of people named Samaroo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 10% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 44%
- Black (not Hispanic) 32%
- Two or more races 10%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Samaroo has the Soundex code S560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S560.
Questions
- How common is the surname Samaroo?
- 1,471 people in the United States had the surname Samaroo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,888 Americans. It ranked 18,685th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Samaroo?
- In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Samaroo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Samaroo getting more or less common?
- More common. 910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,471 in 2010, up 62%.