The Most Common Samoan Surnames

Ranking	Last Name	Incidence	Letters
1	Meredith	5496	8
2	Keil	3094	4
3	Westerlund	2646	10
4	Ott	2239	3
5	Betham	1995	6
6	Fruean	1826	6
7	Williams	1750	8
8	Vaai	1623	4
9	Grey	1588	4
10	Schuster	1466	8
11	Fepuleai	1461	8
12	Tuala	1343	5
13	Mariner	1303	7
14	Retzlaff	1303	8
15	Craig	1181	5
16	Rasmussen	1181	9
17	Ah liki	1177	7
18	Leota	1140	5
19	Paul	1140	4
20	Hunt	1099	4
21	Pereira	1099	7
22	Chan mow	1055	8
23	Leung wai	1055	9
24	Fuimaono	1018	8
25	Fong	1018	4
26	Brown	977	5
27	Wright	936	6
28	Lee	936	3
29	Hunter	896	6
30	Kruse	896	5
31	Sua	896	3
32	Tofa	893	4
33	Esera	893	5
34	Solomona	855	8
35	Young	855	5
36	Sio	814	3
37	Rivers	814	6
38	Chen	814	4
39	Stevenson	814	9
40	Lavea	814	5
41	Chang	814	5
42	Macdonald	814	9
43	Bartley	773	7
44	Levi	773	4
45	Wendt	773	5
46	Lui	773	3
47	Chan	733	4
48	Annandale	733	9
49	Stowers	733	7
50	Masoe	730	5
51	Yoshida	692	7
52	Lam	692	3
53	Smith	692	5
54	Sefo	690	4
55	Ioane	651	5
56	Ryan	651	4
57	Tanielu	651	7
58	Moors	651	5
59	Lima	651	4
60	Schmidt	651	7
61	Lober	611	5
62	Maiava	611	6
63	Strickland	611	10
64	Toleafoa	609	8
65	Steffany	609	8
66	Wilson	570	6
67	Rankin	570	6
68	Wong	529	4
69	Main	529	4
70	Amosa	529	5
71	Stunzner	529	8
72	Li	529	2
73	Brunt	529	5
74	Silva	529	5
75	Mua	529	3
76	Cronin	529	6
77	Singh	529	5
78	Andersen	529	8
79	Fesolai	528	7
80	Nickel	489	6
81	Zhang	489	5
82	Wetzell	489	7
83	Stanley	489	7
84	Percival	489	8
85	Yuan	489	4
86	Netzler	489	7
87	Yazdani	489	7
88	Wallwork	448	8
89	Aiono	448	5
90	Slade	448	5
91	Arp	448	3
92	Tavita	448	6
93	Langton	448	7
94	Hutchison	448	9
95	Faumuina	448	8
96	Tagaloa	407	7
97	Huang	407	5
98	Drake	407	5
99	Lesa	407	4
100	Moala	407	5
101	Scanlan	407	7
102	Leiataua	407	8
103	Ripley	407	6
104	Peseta	407	6
105	Yu	407	2
106	Toma	407	4
107	Kohlhase	407	8
108	Black	407	5
109	Fang	407	4
110	Samuelu	406	7
111	Wai	366	3
112	Martin	366	6
113	Thompson	366	8
114	Carruthers	366	10
115	Cai	366	3
116	Tupuola	366	7
117	Rossi	366	5
118	Martel	366	6
119	Huch	366	4
120	Teo	366	3
121	Johnston	366	8
122	Wulf	366	4
123	Caffarelli	366	10
124	Iosefa	366	6
125	Kerslake	366	8
126	Vitale	366	6
127	Newton	366	6
128	Saili	365	5
129	Molioo	365	6
130	Ulberg	326	6
131	Mccarthy	326	8
132	Hunkin	326	6
133	Fabricius	326	9
134	Weng	326	4
135	Crichton	326	8
136	Osa	326	3
137	Esau	326	4
138	Lin	326	3
139	Tui	326	3
140	Tafua	326	5
141	Collins	326	7
142	Peters	326	6
143	Lafaele	325	7
144	Liu	285	3
145	Fonoti	285	6
146	Nauer	285	5
147	Lockington	285	10
148	Levy	285	4
149	Mauli	285	5
150	Wang	285	4
151	Aumua	285	5
152	Donato	285	6
153	Brighouse	285	9
154	Moore	285	5
155	Lewis	285	5
156	Jessop	285	6
157	Adams	285	5
158	Soon	285	4
159	Fatu	285	4
160	Curry	285	5
161	Ye	285	2
162	Gabriel	285	7
163	Toilolo	285	7
164	Roberts	285	7
165	Vili	284	4
166	Kupa	284	4
167	Cutts	244	5
168	Purcell	244	7
169	Krause	244	6
170	Szegedi	244	7
171	Nelson	244	6
172	Walter	244	6
173	Zeng	244	4
174	Lees	244	4
175	Bellinger	244	9
176	Tasi	244	4
177	Clarke	244	6
178	Cleverley	244	9
179	Mackenzie	244	9
180	Rassmussen	244	10
181	Hogarth	244	7
182	Bonin	244	5
183	Belcher	244	7
184	Nielsen	244	7
185	Adam	244	4
186	Atkins	244	6
187	Sheppard	244	8
188	Mika	244	4
189	Seru	244	4
190	Turner	244	6
191	Bola	244	4
192	Sale	244	4
193	Naseri	244	6
194	Salesa	244	6
195	Low	244	3
196	Latu	244	4
197	Petrini	244	7
198	Tuigamala	243	9
199	Godinet	243	7
200	Reti	204	4
201	Bourne	204	6
202	Roma	204	4
203	Slaven	204	6
204	Schwenke	204	8
205	Leung	204	5
206	Guo	204	3
207	Tormey	204	6
208	Taua	204	4
209	Blood	204	5
210	Zheng	204	5
211	Ali	204	3
212	Skelton	204	7
213	Duffy	204	5
214	Tang	204	4
215	Tone	204	4
216	Kamu	204	4
217	Alo	204	3
218	Lino	204	4
219	Chand	204	5
220	Thomsen	204	7
221	Tanuvasa	204	8
222	Xue	204	3
223	Burgess	204	7
224	Ieremia	204	7
225	Solomon	204	7
226	Sila	204	4
227	Chadwick	204	8
228	Cowley	204	6
229	Willis	204	6
230	Burich	204	6
231	Hoi	204	3
232	Aspinall	204	8
233	Pavitt	204	6
234	Laiti	204	5
235	Sun	204	3
236	Pau	204	3
237	Pati	204	4
238	Hughes	204	6
239	Leng	204	4
240	Paniani	203	7
241	Tauiliili	163	9
242	Ellis	163	5
243	Tenney	163	6
244	Boon	163	4
245	Salima	163	6
246	Hicks	163	5
247	Mansfield	163	9
248	Shi	163	3
249	Schreiber	163	9
250	Savea	163	5
251	Narayan	163	7
252	Atherton	163	8
253	Moke	163	4
254	Laulu	163	5
255	Sani	163	4
256	Toomalatai	163	10
257	Burr	163	4
258	Too	163	3
259	Kronfeld	163	8
260	Lole	163	4
261	Elia	163	4
262	Warren	163	6
263	Gay	163	3
264	Khan	163	4
265	Matthews	163	8
266	Batchelor	163	9
267	Varghese	163	8
268	Wei	163	3
269	Simpson	163	7
270	Jackson	163	7
271	Salanoa	163	7
272	Anderson	163	8
273	Yan	163	3
274	Hope	163	4
275	Misa	163	4
276	Finau	163	5
277	Chong	163	5
278	Bryce	163	5
279	Jones	163	5
280	Simi	163	4
281	Gilchrist	163	9
282	Sass	163	4
283	Eves	163	4
284	Asi	163	3
285	Lene	163	4
286	Teofilo	163	7
287	Kava	163	4
288	Pio	163	3
289	Urwin	163	5
290	Mcfall	163	6
291	Banse	163	5
292	Bell	163	4
293	Slater	163	6
294	Booth	163	5
295	Jenzer	163	6
296	Neemia	162	6
297	Samuela	162	7
298	Elisara	162	7
299	Saaga	162	5
300	Tamati	162	6
301	Fido	162	4
302	Autagavaia	162	10
303	Matautia	9	8
304	Callaghan	9	9
305	Mailo	9	5
306	Taei	9	4
307	Russell	9	7
308	Ngau	9	4
309	Zhu	9	3
310	Cooper	9	6
311	Johnson	9	7
312	Sau	9	3
313	Mauga	9	5
314	Key	9	3
315	Ale	9	3
316	Nansen	9	6
317	Chandra	9	7
318	Sasa	9	4
319	Hannan	9	6
320	Cain	9	4
321	Soo	9	3
322	Pisa	9	4
323	Nieuwenhuizen	9	13
324	Mikaele	9	7
325	Roache	9	6
326	May	9	3
327	Aaron	9	5
328	Boysen	9	6
329	Pupi	9	4
330	Tagata	9	6
331	Ma	9	2
332	Tyrell	9	6
333	Olano	9	5
334	Schultz	9	7
335	Biggs	9	5
336	Hansell	9	7
337	Lloyd	9	5
338	Mitchell	9	8
339	Lesina	9	6
340	Condon	9	6
341	Sanft	9	5
342	Ng	9	2
343	Lameta	9	6
344	Schaafhausen	9	12
345	Jensen	9	6
346	Visan	9	5
347	Alama	9	5
348	You	9	3
349	Vui	9	3
350	Leo	9	3
351	Zhou	9	4
352	Bentley	9	7
353	Penn	9	4
354	Tau	9	3
355	Crawley	9	7
356	Kupsch	9	6
357	Robes	9	5
358	Stewart	9	7
359	Stack	9	5
360	Abdi	9	4
361	Raymond	9	7
362	Lilo	9	4
363	Wu	9	2
364	Setu	9	4
365	Isaia	9	5
366	Dennis	9	6
367	Ahmad	9	5
368	Manoa	9	5
369	Powell	9	6
370	Jun	9	3
371	Sam	9	3
372	Malo	9	4
373	Sagapolutele	9	12
374	Avia	9	4
375	Davis	9	5
376	Lamb	9	4
377	Ey	9	2
378	Reid	9	4
379	Mcneely	9	7
380	Rogers	9	6
381	Ewers	9	5
382	Reddy	9	5
383	Ross	9	4
384	Sablan	9	6
385	Langkilde	9	9
386	Pan	9	3
387	Filipe	9	6
388	Afoa	9	4
389	Hopping	9	7
390	Malaki	9	6
391	Joe	9	3
392	Leau	9	4
393	Junior	9	6
394	Mansell	9	7
395	Schaaf	9	6
396	Andrews	9	7
397	Jiang	9	5
398	Tusa	9	4
399	Maessen	9	7
400	David	9	5
401	Chao	9	4
402	Filipo	9	6
403	Fata	9	4
404	Taylor	9	6
405	Losi	9	4
406	Creevey	9	7
407	Malele	9	6
408	Manu	4	4
409	Ete	4	3
410	King	4	4
411	Chu	4	3
412	Gordon	4	6
413	Peni	4	4
414	Toala	4	5
415	Perriman	4	8
416	Pula	4	4
417	Tuia	4	4
418	Hoeflich	4	8
419	Kang	4	4
420	Worrall	4	7
421	Palomino	4	8
422	Worral	4	6
423	Hartin	4	6
424	Anslow	4	6
425	Chatterjee	4	10
426	Ndiaye	4	6
427	Kelly	4	5
428	Isara	4	5
429	Auelua	4	6
430	Danielson	4	9
431	Hermansen	4	9
432	Poort	4	5
433	Folau	4	5
434	Shon	4	4
435	Carr	4	4
436	Vito	4	4
437	Prasad	4	6
438	Frank	4	5
439	Alapati	4	7
440	Boyer	4	5
441	Tago	4	4
442	Perera	4	6
443	Laban	4	5
444	Slowey	4	6
445	Ono	4	3
446	Metai	4	5
447	Sel	4	3
448	Loredo	4	6
449	Leong	4	5
450	Murphy	4	6
451	Mcglashan	4	9
452	Malaga	4	6
453	Mamea	4	5
454	Pisi	4	4
455	Hong	4	4
456	Frost	4	5
457	Yen	4	3
458	Bondarenko	4	10
459	Matatia	4	7
460	Neri	4	4
461	Mano	4	4
462	Ula	4	3
463	Em	4	2
464	Shen	4	4
465	Devoe	4	5
466	Sione	4	5
467	Toa	4	3
468	Jerg	4	4
469	Wells	4	5
470	Lemo	4	4
471	Holmes	4	6
472	Mendola	4	7
473	Cole	4	4
474	Siddiqui	4	8
475	Parker	4	6
476	Gao	4	3
477	Cullen	4	6
478	O'brien	4	7
479	Roast	4	5
480	Popo	4	4
481	Pele	4	4
482	Liki	4	4
483	Nilon	4	5
484	Niu	4	3
485	Dunlop	4	6
486	Carter	4	6
487	Isaak	4	5
488	Ash	4	3
489	Grant	4	5
490	Columbano	4	9
491	Dickson	4	7
492	Pitt	4	4
493	Filo	4	4
494	Anesi	4	5
495	Gounder	4	7
496	Ainoa	4	5
497	He	4	2
498	Mckillop	4	8
499	Weinhold	4	8
500	Puka	4	4
501	Cao	4	3
502	Edwards	4	7
503	Asani	4	5
504	Bhattarai	4	9
505	Huaman	4	6
506	Tiedemann	4	9
507	Senese	4	6
508	Williamson	4	10
509	Gunn	4	4
510	Winn	4	4
511	Simati	4	6
512	Talukder	4	8
513	Cheema	4	6
514	Nair	4	4
515	Jim	4	3
516	Davies	4	6
517	Farao	4	5
518	Goode	4	5
519	Margraff	4	8
520	Parkinson	4	9
521	Fau	4	3
522	Satele	4	6
523	Brebner	4	7
524	Siale	4	5
525	Matau	4	5
526	Kuang	4	5
527	Rose	4	4
528	Abraham	4	7
529	Vesi	4	4
530	Kreutz	4	6
531	Ben	4	3
532	Lafi	4	4
533	Sinclair	4	8
534	Oswald	4	6
535	Guidoni	4	7
536	Schofield	4	9
537	Robinson	4	8
538	Malolo	4	6
539	Fotu	4	4
540	Parsons	4	7
541	Xuan	4	4
542	Cheung	4	6
543	Belford	4	7
544	Elliott	4	7
545	Porter	4	6
546	Hall	4	4
547	Ape	4	3
548	Snow	4	4
549	Daahir	4	6
550	Sheck	4	5
551	Maynard	4	7
552	Hazelman	4	8
553	Delamere	4	8
554	Mau	4	3
555	Petersson	4	9
556	Paramore	4	8
557	Foliaki	4	7
558	Reardon	4	7
559	Matthes	4	7
560	Wallis	4	6
561	Bidmead	4	7
562	Ferenczy	4	8
563	Tam	4	3
564	Pruess	4	6
565	Fitzpatrick	4	11
566	Thwaites	4	8
567	Afano	4	5
568	Savelio	4	7
569	Timo	4	4
570	Andrew	4	6
571	Pua	4	3
572	Mati	4	4
573	Fale	4	4
574	Mose	4	4
575	Taito	4	5
576	Inoussa	4	7
577	Youssef	4	7
578	Heather	4	7
579	Tiani	4	5
580	Hussain	4	7
581	Lopez	4	5
582	Amituanai	4	9
583	Tan	4	3
584	Elisaia	4	7
585	Sala	4	4
586	Mcfarland	4	9
587	Montenegro	4	10
588	Emm	4	3
589	Cameron	4	7
590	Edward	4	6
591	Tovia	4	5
592	Milo	4	4
593	Hennemann	4	9
594	Tuta	1	4
595	Moroney	1	7
596	Pritchard	1	9
597	Ge	1	2
598	Valentine	1	9
599	Monica	1	6
600	Valele	1	6
601	Verhoeven	1	9
602	Bethea	1	6
603	Horne	1	5
604	Krieger	1	7
605	Maimai	1	6
606	Dalton	1	6
607	Chestnut	1	8
608	Thurner	1	7
609	Suzuki	1	6
610	Núñez	1	5
611	Vast	1	4
612	Cecil	1	5
613	Hyne	1	4
614	Garwood	1	7
615	Pasi	1	4
616	Masuku	1	6
617	Rabago	1	6
618	Penfold	1	7
619	Gadd	1	4
620	Danny	1	5
621	List	1	4
622	Jop	1	3
623	Boko	1	4
624	Cardenas	1	8
625	Taiki	1	5
626	Alban	1	5
627	Feo	1	3
628	Vasa	1	4
629	Brewin	1	6
630	Toga	1	4
631	Vaga	1	4
632	Nekrasov	1	8
633	Crockett	1	8
634	Sese	1	4
635	Bustamante	1	10
636	Coster	1	6
637	Able	1	4
638	Burgos	1	6
639	Laina	1	5
640	Pou	1	3
641	Terrence	1	8
642	Kingsley	1	8
643	Fuga	1	4
644	Lupo	1	4
645	Gaton	1	5
646	Him	1	3
647	Magic	1	5
648	Berbert	1	7
649	Hanson	1	6
650	Donovan	1	7
651	Cochrane	1	8
652	Wiles	1	5
653	Fili	1	4
654	Chhetri	1	7
655	Yue	1	3
656	Nova	1	4
657	Afu	1	3
658	Miller	1	6
659	Solis	1	5
660	Varlow	1	6
661	Ki	1	2
662	Barnett	1	7
663	Maiva	1	5
664	Erickson	1	8
665	Phineas	1	7
666	Squire	1	6
667	Bruni	1	5
668	Choudry	1	7
669	Wareing	1	7
670	Fareed	1	6
671	Badenhorst	1	10
672	Rapson	1	6
673	Barlow	1	6
674	Muslim	1	6
675	Kramer	1	6
676	Lulu	1	4
677	Michaels	1	8
678	Valo	1	4
679	Michael	1	7
680	Sevens	1	6
681	Xassan	1	6
682	Tepa	1	4
683	Karlo	1	5
684	Luís	1	4
685	Miyashiro	1	9
686	Banz	1	4
687	Hartley	1	7
688	Salani	1	6
689	Aarons	1	6
690	Xie	1	3
691	Yuen	1	4
692	Is	1	2
693	Loire	1	5
694	Lazic	1	5
695	Hussan	1	6
696	Bech	1	4
697	Manase	1	6
698	Lynch	1	5
699	Stehlin	1	7
700	Baca	1	4
701	Beveridge	1	9
702	Lobo	1	4
703	Djuric	1	6
704	Yum	1	3
705	Bezuidenhout	1	12
706	Sosene	1	6
707	Perry	1	5
708	Kenison	1	7
709	Stott	1	5
710	Jovel	1	5
711	Loo	1	3
712	Kupchik	1	7
713	Tutasi	1	6
714	Cismaan	1	7
715	Orita	1	5
716	Tate	1	4
717	Quan	1	4
718	Van willes	1	10
719	Bare	1	4
720	Dillon	1	6
721	Liang	1	5
722	Zurita	1	6
723	Loia	1	4
724	Kapila	1	6
725	Fawcett	1	7
726	Eagle	1	5
727	Laureta	1	7
728	Trevor	1	6
729	Mondello	1	8
730	Unutoa	1	6
731	Fifita	1	6
732	Wales	1	5
733	Choi	1	4
734	Xian	1	4
735	Ji	1	2
736	Brandt	1	6
737	Jimenez	1	7
738	Gover	1	5
739	Breeze	1	6
740	No	1	2
741	Lioe	1	4
742	Timson	1	6
743	Greentree	1	9
744	Val	1	3
745	Gere	1	4
746	Joseph	1	6
747	Ramos	1	5
748	Afakasi	1	7
749	Natasha	1	7
750	Bale	1	4
751	Nemes	1	5
752	Vei	1	3
753	Pretty	1	6
754	Non	1	3
755	Palu	1	4
756	Vela	1	4
757	Hussein	1	7
758	Sandy	1	5
759	Umar	1	4
760	Betty	1	5
761	Sakuma	1	6
762	Cummins	1	7
763	Polanco	1	7
764	Titi	1	4
765	Clampett	1	8
766	Boss	1	4
767	Gase	1	4
768	Ware	1	4
769	Mathew	1	6
770	Slicer	1	6
771	Woods	1	5
772	Saga	1	4
773	Kane	1	4
774	Posi	1	4
775	Luster	1	6
776	Kaur	1	4
777	Fritz	1	5
778	Iddon	1	5
779	Holstein	1	8
780	Moneo	1	5
781	Martyn	1	6
782	Cage	1	4
783	Bruun	1	5
784	Sagale	1	6
785	Patai	1	5
786	Wall	1	4
787	Chaudary	1	8
788	Kaestner	1	8
789	Api	1	3
790	Scamardo	1	8
791	Boyd	1	4
792	Wo	1	2
793	Roxburgh	1	8
794	Russu	1	5
795	Pienaar	1	7
796	Deo	1	3
797	Retino	1	6
798	Spring	1	6
799	Papadopoulos	1	12
800	Thieme	1	6
801	Fisher	1	6
802	Bareman	1	7
803	Rauf	1	4
804	Hegerty	1	7
805	Iaone	1	5
806	Palya	1	5
807	Eriksson	1	8
808	Dixon	1	5
809	Fifield	1	7
810	Holi	1	4
811	Aspinal	1	7
812	Nuur	1	4
813	Milroy	1	6
814	Anjum	1	5
815	Garcia	1	6
816	Choudhry	1	8
817	Benassi	1	7
818	Smithee	1	7
819	Manzat	1	6
820	Prakash	1	7
821	Schoeffel	1	9
822	Mckenzie	1	8
823	Suena	1	5
824	Kua	1	3
825	Lie	1	3
826	James	1	5
827	Tigani	1	6
828	Matovu	1	6
829	Alexander	1	9
830	Maslin	1	6
831	Nguyen	1	6
832	Durrani	1	7
833	Hellmuth	1	8
834	Volk	1	4
835	Bless	1	5
836	Flores	1	6
837	De guzman	1	9
838	Geisbert	1	8
839	Macali	1	6
840	Boone	1	5
841	Apo	1	3
842	Bill	1	4
843	Jamieson	1	8
844	Mcadoo	1	6
845	Howes	1	5
846	Appelbaum	1	9
847	Heatley	1	7
848	Iona	1	4
849	Lepa	1	4
850	Au	1	2
851	Doughty	1	7
852	Nam	1	3
853	Su	1	2
854	Children	1	8
855	Moli	1	4
856	Laughlin	1	8
857	Aitcheson	1	9
858	Talai	1	5
859	Howard	1	6
860	Kumar	1	5
861	Passi	1	5
862	Sullivan	1	8
863	Gabel	1	5
864	Kwan	1	4
865	Kata	1	4
866	Rogo	1	4
867	Kini	1	4
868	Malota	1	6
869	Leti	1	4
870	Gale	1	4
871	Said	1	4
872	Rita	1	4
873	Ibragimov	1	9
874	Sia	1	3
875	Reedy	1	5
876	Anae	1	4
877	Maria	1	5
878	Stringer	1	8
879	Sakaria	1	7
880	Macie	1	5
881	Tamaki	1	6
882	Chee	1	4
883	Anne	1	4
884	Javed	1	5
885	Griffin	1	7
886	Sauni	1	5
887	Amani	1	5
888	Jung	1	4
889	Maric	1	5
890	Talia	1	5
891	Pearson	1	7
892	Franssen	1	8
893	Lili	1	4
894	Farrell	1	7
895	Campbell	1	8
896	Yüksel	1	6
897	Eti	1	3
898	Prairie	1	7
899	Fook	1	4
900	Josefsson	1	9
901	Sum	1	3
902	Lily	1	4
903	Nanai	1	5
904	Di stefano	1	10
905	Dovey	1	5
906	Wise	1	4
907	Roxas	1	5
908	Goulter	1	7
909	Fitzerald	1	9
910	Gosche	1	6
911	Raro	1	4
912	Doe	1	3
913	Hansen	1	6
914	Maxamed	1	7
915	Burns	1	5
916	Goldie	1	6
917	Eskander	1	8
918	Gutierrez	1	9
919	Cook	1	4
920	Tong	1	4
921	Manalang	1	8
922	Beach	1	5
923	Prince	1	6
924	Duenkel	1	7
925	Fraser	1	6
926	O'driscoll	1	10
927	Connolly	1	8
928	Poulos	1	6
929	Taupo	1	5
930	Fanene	1	6
931	Neumann	1	7
932	Withington	1	10
933	Tia	1	3
934	Elie	1	4
935	Fuiava	1	6
936	Sasi	1	4
937	Seve	1	4
938	Niko	1	4
939	Maybir	1	6
940	Bureta	1	6
941	Cregan	1	6
942	Donoghue	1	8
943	Glennon	1	7
944	Sina	1	4
945	Bolton	1	6
946	Hickey	1	6
947	Helal	1	5
948	Suani	1	5
949	Goodlet	1	7
950	Arevalo	1	7
951	Bentin	1	6
952	Woo	1	3
953	Richards	1	8
954	Nazar	1	5
955	Warner	1	6
956	Dumas	1	5
957	Lind	1	4
958	Donahue	1	7
959	Cable	1	5
960	Ena	1	3
961	Steinsiek	1	9
962	Pen	1	3
963	Sulu	1	4
964	Ram	1	3
965	Bertram	1	7
966	Sarah	1	5
967	West	1	4
968	Staropoli	1	9
969	Mccrae	1	6
970	Van dijken	1	10
971	Asini	1	5
972	Leamy	1	5
973	Mcgee	1	5
974	Kastner	1	7
975	Birtwistle	1	10
976	Pae	1	3
977	Sas	1	3
978	Bai	1	3
979	Jaunay	1	6
980	Christopher	1	11
981	Narita	1	6
982	Deighton	1	8
983	Todeschini	1	10
984	Kafoa	1	5
985	Qiao	1	4
986	Barbu	1	5
987	Mana	1	4
988	Bac	1	3
989	Soti	1	4
990	Philipp	1	7
991	Zafiris	1	7
992	Mow	1	3
993	Lohman	1	6
994	Baby	1	4
995	Skews	1	5
996	Gwyneth	1	7
997	Stening	1	7
998	Koon	1	4
999	Kincaid	1	7
1000	Lobe	1	4

The Most Common Surname in Samoa: A Guide to Samoan Naming Traditions

Introduction

Samoa is a small island nation with a rich cultural heritage and unique naming traditions. Surname is an important part of Samoan culture, and is often used to indicate familial relationships and social status. In this article, we will discuss the most common surnames in Samoa, as well as the cultural significance of Samoan naming traditions.

Samoan Naming Traditions

In Samoan culture, children are often given two names at birth: a first name, which is chosen by the parents, and a second name, which is the child's surname. Samoan surnames are often derived from a person's village or family. For example, a person from the village of Faleasiu might have the surname Faleasiu. Similarly, a person from the family of Tuimaleali'ifano might have the surname Tuimaleali'ifano.

The Most Common Samoan Surnames

1. Sio - This is the most common surname in Samoa, and is often used to indicate noble or high-ranking families. 2. Tui - This surname is derived from the Samoan word for king or ruler, and is often used to indicate a person's royalty or status. 3. Seiuli - This surname is derived from the Samoan word for warrior, and is often used to indicate a person's bravery or strength. 4. Taua - This surname is derived from the Samoan word for battle, and is often used to indicate a person's courage or fighting abilities. 5. Leota - This surname is often used to indicate a person's intelligence or wisdom, and is derived from the Samoan word for teacher.

The Significance of Surname in Samoan Culture

In Samoan culture, surname is often used to indicate familial relationships and social status. For example, a person with the surname Sio might be perceived as being from a noble or high-ranking family. Similarly, a person with the surname Seiuli might be perceived as being from a warrior family. Surname can also indicate a person's village or region of origin, which can be important in a culture where community ties are strong.

Conclusion

Samoa is a culture rich in traditions, including unique naming traditions that emphasize the importance of family and community ties. Surname is an important part of Samoan culture, and can indicate familial relationships, social status, and regional ties. While the most common surnames in Samoa may vary, each one has a unique cultural significance that reflects the rich heritage of Samoan culture.