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Meaning of the nameSâmia

Sâmia is a female name of Arabic origin, a transcription of سامية (Samiya), the feminine form of Sami, a name that means 'elevated, sublime'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Sami, 'elevated, sublime, supreme'”

Source: Behind the Name: Samiya · Behind the Name: Sami

People (2022)
14,434
Rank in Brazil
#1,329
Median age
27 years
2010 Census
14,613
people

Sâmia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Sâmia, 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 (3,680 people).

14,355 women 79 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 Sâmia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Sâmia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Ceará 0.037%
  2. Acre 0.035%
  3. Piauí 0.029%
  4. Maranhão 0.029%
  5. Amazonas 0.021%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Ceará3,2510.037%
Maranhão1,9720.029%
Pará1,3950.017%
São Paulo1,3530.003%
Piauí9600.029%
Amazonas8370.021%
Minas Gerais6470.003%
Goiás3390.005%
Alagoas3270.011%
Rio de Janeiro3240.002%
Bahia3110.002%
Acre2860.035%
Paraná2620.002%
Rondônia2420.015%
Distrito Federal2410.009%
Pernambuco2250.003%
Paraíba2060.005%
Rio Grande do Norte1790.005%
Rio Grande do Sul1720.002%
Santa Catarina1710.002%
Mato Grosso1580.004%
Espírito Santo1390.004%
Amapá1130.015%
Mato Grosso do Sul970.004%
Tocantins900.006%
Roraima800.013%
Sergipe570.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Sâmia

Behind the Name gives Samia as an alternative transcription of the Arabic سامية (Samiya), the feminine form of Sami. Sami means 'elevated, sublime, supreme' in Arabic and comes from the root سما (samā), 'to be high'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil has the entry Sâmia, with an accent, and lists Samai, Samay, Sammia, Sammy and Samya as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,434 people named Sâmia, most of them born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s; proportionally, the name is most common in Ceará.

The most common spelling in the group, with a circumflex accent on the â, the form that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil uses as its entry.

Other spellings of Sâmia

SpellingPeople (2022)
Sâmia14,434
Samya2,467

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Samia · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Samiya · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Sami · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sâmia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Sâmia

What does the name Sâmia mean?

Sâmia means “feminine form of Sami, 'elevated, sublime, supreme'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Sâmia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,434 people with the first name Sâmia, which ranks it number 1,329 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Sâmia a boy's or a girl's name?

Sâmia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 14,355 women and 79 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Sâmia?

Sâmia is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Sâmia most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.037% of the state's population is named Sâmia (3,251 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Sâmia?

Samya. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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