| Samma | |
| Native Name: | صما |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Jordan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jordan |
| Coordinates: | 32.57°N 35.69°W |
| Grid Position: | 215/219 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Jordan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Irbid Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | Department |
| Subdivision Name2: | Al-Taybeh |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.76 |
| Population Total: | 18659 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 21892 |
| Area Code: | +(962)2 |
| Elevation M: | 325 |
| Geocode: | 247015 |
| Website: | www.irbid.gov.jo |
Samma (Arabic: صمّا) is a village in northern Jordan, located 80 kilometers north of the capital Amman and about 18 km West of the city Irbid. It is perched on a hilltop above sea level overlooking Jordan Valley and the Sea of Tiberias.
It lies in the Al-Taybeh Department is one of the nine departments that constitute the Irbid Governorate, It covers[2] 13.76 km2 and has a population of 15761 people (as of 2015).
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named as Samma, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Kinana, part of the Sanjak of Hawran. It had 19 households and 13 bachelors; all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products; including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees/fruit trees, goats and bee-hives; in addition to occasional revenues. The total tax was 4,000 akçe.[3]
In 1838 Samma's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims and Greek Christians.[4]
In 1885, Gottlieb Schumacher visited the village and wrote about it in his book "Northern Ajlun within the Decapolis":[5]
In 1961 the population of Samma was 1,649 inhabitants.[6]
Depending on The Population and Housing Census report released in late February 2016: