# Samudio (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/samudio/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,211 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,553 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 254,951 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (956 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Samudio, variant of Zamudio. This surname is mostly found in Paraguay.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Samudio in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 86% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Samudio in Paraguay and the United States.

## People named Samudio

- Braian Samudio, association football player
- Sam the Sham, American rock and roll singer

## Similar surnames

Samad, Smith, Schmidt, Schmitt, Sneed, Schmid, Snead, Smyth, Smoot, Santoyo, Shumate, Sandhu.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.