Surname سمتر (Samatar 
, Samater 
, Smtr ) , around the world, is quite a common cognomen. The surname سمتر is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Djibouti, where it is quite a common surname, Somalia, and Kenya, where it is a rare surname. Very seldom, سمتر is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Samatar | Kenya, Somalia, India, United States, Djibouti |
| Samater | United Kingdom, Somalia, India, United States, Saudi Arabia |
| Smtr | India |
| سمتر | Yemen |
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محمد علي سمتر Prime Minister of Somalia; Lt. Gen. in Somali National Army (1931-2016), SO (b. 1931) |
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أحمد إسماعيل سمتر Somalian academic, SO (b. 1950) |
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| سعيد الشيخ سمتر Somalian scholar, SO (b. 1943) |
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| أحمد سمتر basketball player, SA (b. 1980) |
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