Most common surnames in Samoa

This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Samoa, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

#	Surname	Bearers	Share
1	Meredith	5.496	6.2%
2	Keil	3.094	3.5%
3	Westerlund	2.646	3%
4	Ott	2.239	2.5%
5	Betham	1.995	2.2%
6	Fruean	1.826	2.1%
7	Williams	1.750	2%
8	Vaai	1.623	1.8%
9	Grey	1.588	1.8%
10	Schuster	1.466	1.7%
11	Fepuleai	1.461	1.6%
12	Tuala	1.343	1.5%
13	Mariner	1.303	1.5%
14	Retzlaff	1.303	1.5%
15	Craig	1.181	1.3%
16	Rasmussen	1.181	1.3%
17	Ah liki	1.177	1.3%
18	Leota	1.140	1.3%
19	Paul	1.140	1.3%
20	Hunt	1.099	1.2%
21	Pereira	1.099	1.2%
22	Chan mow	1.055	1.2%
23	Leung wai	1.055	1.2%
24	Fuimaono	1.018	1.1%
25	Fong	1.018	1.1%
26	Brown	977	1.1%
27	Wright	936	1.1%
28	Lee	936	1.1%
29	Hunter	896	1%
30	Kruse	896	1%

31	Sua	896	1%
32	Tofa	893	1%
33	Esera	893	1%
34	Solomona	855	1%
35	Young	855	1%
36	Sio	814	0.9%
37	Rivers	814	0.9%
38	Chen	814	0.9%
39	Stevenson	814	0.9%
40	Lavea	814	0.9%
41	Chang	814	0.9%
42	Macdonald	814	0.9%
43	Bartley	773	0.9%
44	Levi	773	0.9%
45	Wendt	773	0.9%
46	Lui	773	0.9%
47	Chan	733	0.8%
48	Annandale	733	0.8%
49	Stowers	733	0.8%
50	Masoe	730	0.8%
51	Yoshida	692	0.8%
52	Lam	692	0.8%
53	Smith	692	0.8%
54	Sefo	690	0.8%
55	Ioane	651	0.7%
56	Ryan	651	0.7%
57	Tanielu	651	0.7%
58	Moors	651	0.7%
59	Lima	651	0.7%
60	Schmidt	651	0.7%

61	Lober	611	0.7%
62	Maiava	611	0.7%
63	Strickland	611	0.7%
64	Toleafoa	609	0.7%
65	Steffany	609	0.7%
66	Wilson	570	0.6%
67	Rankin	570	0.6%
68	Wong	529	0.6%
69	Main	529	0.6%
70	Amosa	529	0.6%
71	Stunzner	529	0.6%
72	Li	529	0.6%
73	Brunt	529	0.6%
74	Silva	529	0.6%
75	Mua	529	0.6%
76	Cronin	529	0.6%
77	Singh	529	0.6%
78	Andersen	529	0.6%
79	Fesolai	528	0.6%
80	Nickel	489	0.6%
81	Zhang	489	0.6%
82	Wetzell	489	0.6%
83	Stanley	489	0.6%
84	Percival	489	0.6%
85	Yuan	489	0.6%
86	Netzler	489	0.6%
87	Yazdani	489	0.6%
88	Wallwork	448	0.5%
89	Aiono	448	0.5%
90	Slade	448	0.5%

91	Arp	448	0.5%
92	Tavita	448	0.5%
93	Langton	448	0.5%
94	Hutchison	448	0.5%
95	Faumuina	448	0.5%
96	Tagaloa	407	0.5%
97	Huang	407	0.5%
98	Drake	407	0.5%
99	Lesa	407	0.5%
100	Moala	407	0.5%

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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Samoa?

According to our official census data, the most common surname in Samoa is Meredith, with 5.496. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.

How many different surnames are registered in Samoa?

Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Samoa. This table shows the 100 most frequent.

How often is this data updated?

The data is updated periodically from official censuses and civil registries of the country.

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