How common is the surname Samayoa?

3,458 people in the United States had the surname Samayoa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,284 Americans. It ranked 9,403rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Samayoa getting more or less common?

More common. 2,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,458 in 2010, up 58%.

The surname Samayoa

A surname, carried by 3,458 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Samayoa is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Variant of Zamalloa.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,458 people named Samayoa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,284 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,194.

#9,403

rank among US surnames

3,458

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+57.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,858)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,395	Borton	3,461	89,207
#9,397	Elia	3,460	89,233
#9,399	Edinger	3,459	89,259
#9,403	Samayoa	3,458	89,284
#9,405	Claussen	3,457	89,310
#9,407	Alverson	3,456	89,336

Who is named Samayoa

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Samayoa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Samayoa

Samayoa has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Questions

Where does the surname Samayoa come from?: Variant of Zamalloa.
How common is the surname Samayoa?: 3,458 people in the United States had the surname Samayoa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,284 Americans. It ranked 9,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Samayoa?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Samayoa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Samayoa getting more or less common?: More common. 2,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,458 in 2010, up 58%.