Meaning of the nameSamara
- Female
- Sa-ma-ra
Samara is a feminine name that matches the name of a city and a river in Russia, but the origin of its use as a given name is uncertain.
Meaning
The meaning of Samara is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 111,487
- Rank in Brazil
- #292
- Median age
- 23 years
- 2010 Census
- 110,498
- people
Samara in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Samara, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (39,688 people).
110,963 women 524 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Samara is most common
States with the highest share of people named Samara in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 15,800 | 0.036% |
| Minas Gerais | 10,890 | 0.053% |
| Bahia | 8,730 | 0.062% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 7,787 | 0.049% |
| Ceará | 7,435 | 0.085% |
| Pará | 6,284 | 0.077% |
| Pernambuco | 5,957 | 0.066% |
| Maranhão | 5,498 | 0.081% |
| Goiás | 4,969 | 0.070% |
| Santa Catarina | 4,380 | 0.058% |
| Paraná | 3,894 | 0.034% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 3,445 | 0.032% |
| Paraíba | 3,245 | 0.082% |
| Amazonas | 2,818 | 0.072% |
| Piauí | 2,651 | 0.081% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 2,518 | 0.076% |
| Alagoas | 2,194 | 0.070% |
| Distrito Federal | 2,187 | 0.078% |
| Espírito Santo | 2,153 | 0.056% |
| Mato Grosso | 2,087 | 0.057% |
| Sergipe | 1,448 | 0.066% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 1,351 | 0.049% |
| Tocantins | 1,204 | 0.080% |
| Rondônia | 870 | 0.055% |
| Acre | 721 | 0.087% |
| Amapá | 525 | 0.072% |
| Roraima | 446 | 0.070% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Samara
Wiktionary records Samara, in Portuguese, as the name of a region, a city and a tributary of the Volga in Russia, and also as a feminine given name. Behind the Name says the name perhaps comes from the city of Samarra, in Iraq, or from the Russian city, or else from the word for the winged seeds of trees such as the maple and the elm. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes the formation as Sam + -ara, and the Morfemário of the same dictionary describes -ara as an element probably taken from traditional given names such as Jussara. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 111,487 people named Samara, most of them born in the 1990s and 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Acre.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Samara · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Samara · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Samara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ara) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Samara
What does the name Samara mean?
The meaning of Samara is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Samara in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 111,487 people with the first name Samara, which ranks it number 292 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Samara a boy's or a girl's name?
Samara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 110,963 women and 524 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Samara most common?
Proportionally, in Acre: 0.087% of the state's population is named Samara (721 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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