Last Name SAMAYOA

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Spanish

Rank	12,858 (2000 US census)	15,055 (1990 US census)

Count	2,194 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

6.34%, or 139 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.46%, or 10 total occurrences, as black,
0.55%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.32%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.64%, or 14 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
91.7%, or 2012 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Scottish surnames

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