Sampford Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sampford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sampford,' parishes in Somerset, Devon, and Essex.

Roger de Samford, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas de Samford, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Alicia de Samford, Oxfordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Sampford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1891:294,80522,579
Australia281:964,13257,058
Wales101:309,45316,869
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1151:211,96016,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Sampford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sampford,' parishes in Somerset, Devon, and Essex.

Roger de Samford, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas de Samford, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Alicia de Samford, Oxfordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1574. Married — Robert Wright and Alice Samforte: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1614-5. John Burton and Margaret Sampford: Marriage Lic. (London).

1626. John Tapsell and Theodora Samford: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Sampford (Devon, Soms., Essex, etc.) = the Sandy Ford [Old English sand, sand + ford] One of the Devonshire Sampfords was Sand ford (‘æt Sand forda’) in the 10th cent.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Sampford Last Name Facts

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

Sampford is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sampford.

How Common Is The Last Name Sampford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,067,497th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Sampford reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 85 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 294,805. In England it is most prevalent in: Hertfordshire, where 21 percent live, Essex, where 18 percent live and Greater London, where 11 percent live. Other than England this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 12 percent live and Wales, where 4 percent live.

Sampford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sampford has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 164 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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