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    The surname Samora

    A surname, carried by 3,180 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S560

    Samora: #10,140 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Samora #10,140, 3,180 people Samora: #10,140 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Samora #10,140, 3,180 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Samora is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,180 people named Samora in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,090 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,840.

    #10,140
    rank among US surnames
    3,180
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12%
    change since 2000 (was #10,400)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,132Parmenter3,18297,029
    #10,136Benites3,18197,059
    #10,140Nardone3,18097,090
    #10,145Esch3,17997,120

    Who is named Samora

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

    79% of people named Samora identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Samora

    Samora 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 Samora?
    3,180 people in the United States had the surname Samora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,090 Americans. It ranked 10,140th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Samora?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Samora identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Samora getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,840 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,180 in 2010, up 12%.