Sammson Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sammson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sammson (17) may also be a first name.
Sammson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sammson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sammson is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sammson? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Sammson is primarily found in Africa, where 38 percent of Sammson reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 17 people.
Sammson is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kogi, where 33 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Ondo, where 33 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and France, where 13 percent reside.
Sammson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sammson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sammson surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sammson
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