Samudio
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Samudio is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Paraguay than in any other country. In Panama it is the 29th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Samudio, variant of Zamudio. This surname is mostly found in Paraguay.
- PYParaguay≈1 in 600(inferred from the name graph)
- PAPanama≈1 in 1.9K
- CRCosta Rica1 in 4.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Paraguay (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 165 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 600 (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Paraguay, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Spanish Samudio, variant of Zamudio. This surname is mostly found in Paraguay.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Samudio counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY Paraguay | #119 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 600 | — | Samudio | 47 |
| CN China | — | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 135K | — | Samudio | 2 |
| AR Argentina | #979 | 5,614 | 1 in 8.1K | 5.6K | Samudio | 54 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Samudio | 27 |
| PA Panama | #29 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | 35 | Samudio | 70 |
| CR Costa Rica | #280 | 1,090 | 1 in 4.7K | 1.1K | Samudio | 31 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 388 | 1 in 8.7K | 388 | Samudio | 20 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edda Samudiob. 1901VEVenezuelan historian
- Sam the Shamb. 1937USnot in their usual nameAmerican rock and roll singer
- José Zárateb. 1949COnot in their usual nameColombian footballer
- Juan Samudiob. 1978PYParaguayan footballer
- Eliza Samudiob. 1985BRvictim of femicide in Brazil
- César Samudiob. 1994PAPanamanian association football player
- Braian Samudiob. 1995PYassociation football player
- Carlos Samudiob. 1997PAPanamanian cyclist
- Margarita SamudioUSresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 24 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 5.6K | — |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1.1K | #451 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 388 | — |
| PA Panama | Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election | 2024 | 35 | #105 |
| PA Panama | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 2 | #222 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — Consulta de nombres (Padrón Nacional Electoral name enumeration) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Samudio mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Samudio, variant of Zamudio. This surname is mostly found in Paraguay. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Samudio have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Samudio in Paraguay, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled samudio.
- How common is the name Samudio?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 5,614 people named Samudio, about 1 in 8.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Samudio compared with other names?
- In Paraguay, Samudio is the 119th most common surname of 30,328 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Samudio” — the 119th most common surname in Paraguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.