de Sam Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Congo

de Sam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Sam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

de Sam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Sam Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Sam occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of de Sam.

How Common Is The Last Name de Sam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of de Sam reside; 47 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname de Sam is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is primarily found in: Washington, where 57 percent reside and Minnesota, where 43 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 24 percent reside and Argentina, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Siam921/
de Sham920/
de Saume861/
de San832,086/
de Som8326/
de Zam835/
de Sem832/
da Sam832/
de Cam830/
de Sain77320/
de Sant7759/
de Cham7727/
de Sane7713/
de Some774/
de Shan773/
de Sand773/
de Sean772/
da Same772/
de Jame771/
de Sang771/
Di Sham771/
de Saint716,853/
de Jaham71456/
de Jaime71315/
de Shane7137/
de Jayme7110/
de Somme713/
der Sand712/
de Shaun712/
de Satin711/
de Saine711/
de Jaume711/
de Chame711/
de Shome711/
de Zan672,008/
de Sen67223/
da San67208/
di San6759/
de São6723/
de Schant6713/
de Son676/
De-San674/
da Som673/
der Sandt672/
der Shann671/
de Sasint671/
de Chaume671/
de Com671/
de Schane671/
da Zam671/
de Schaun671/
de Sangue670/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Sam
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