Surname Spotlight: Samudio

Arms linked to Zamudio and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

What Samudio means

Long before computers fixed spellings, Samudio and Zamudio were used side by side. At root, the name means “From Zamudio”.

Only a small detail separates the spellings: Samudio has “s” where Zamudio has “z”. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. According to the 2010 US Census, the Samudio surname had 1,211 bearers. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 86% of the total. Spain's INE counts 555 residents with Samudio as first surname and 491 with it as second.

Get the complete Samudio report, with a museum-style coat of arms.