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sama Name Meaning and History

  1. Southern Italian (Samá): from the Biblical personal name.
  2. Catalan (Samà): habitational name from Samà, a place in Catalonia.
  3. Asturian-Leonese: in some cases, a habitational name from any of various places in Asturies named Sama.
  4. Indian (Gujarat): Hindu (Rajput) name of unknown meaning. The Samas are believed to be an offshoot of the Jadeja tribe.
  5. Japanese (not common in Japan): variously written, the name appears to be topographic, deriving from the word semai ‘narrow’.

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Distribution of sama Families in the US in 1920
Number of sama families
 8-13
 3-7
 1-2
 0
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