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.
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.
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.
Some olive groves, tobacco gardens, and rows of bee-hives are seen in the vicinity, The ancient remains are of little importance, West of the village the ruined Mohammedan Weli er-Refa is pointed out.In 1961 the population of Samma was 1,649 inhabitants.
[6] Depending on The Population and Housing Census report released in late February 2016: