Frequency: (121)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Russian: habitational name for someone from the city of Samara.
2. Jewish (from Belarus): etymology uncertain.
3. possibly also a reduced form of the Greek family name Samarinidis, habitational name for someone from a place called Samarina.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
