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 held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sammson? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sammson is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Sammson is primarily found in Africa, where 38 percent of Sammson are found; 38 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Sammson is most numerous in: Kogi, where 33 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Ondo, where 33 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found 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 share of the population with the last name 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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