Sample Surname
Approximately 19,654 people bear this surname
Sample Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de St. Paul'; compare Samper, Simbarb, Sinclair, &c. The usual form is Semple, which see.
1579. Peter Buckley and Julian Sample: Marriage Lic. (London).
1748. Married — George Sample and Sarah Coney: St.
Read More About This SurnameSample Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,248 | 1:22,308 | 2,801 |
| Nigeria | 1,316 | 1:134,607 | 8,710 |
| England | 1,037 | 1:53,730 | 6,552 |
| Canada | 743 | 1:49,590 | 6,021 |
| Australia | 59 | 1:457,554 | 35,515 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| New Zealand | 36 | 1:125,787 | 15,451 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 24 | 1:56,832 | 4,715 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 1:28,165 | 1,050 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 23 | 1:192,603 | 9,322 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 453 | 1:53,809 | 6,458 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:233,951 | 8,207 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,645 | 1:13,777 | 1,770 |
Sample (1,308) may also be a first name.
Sample Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de St. Paul'; compare Samper, Simbarb, Sinclair, &c. The usual form is Semple, which see.
1579. Peter Buckley and Julian Sample: Marriage Lic. (London).
1748. Married — George Sample and Sarah Coney: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
1782. — Ephraim Sampell and Cath. Griggs: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-French-Latin) belonging to St. Paul (France) [v. Paul] John de St. Paul .—Parl. Rolls.
St. Paul is a common French place- name.
Cp. Sinclair.
(French) One who came from St. Paul (small), the name of several places in France.
From St. Paul, St. Pol. compare the name Sampol.
Sample Demographics
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Sample Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sample Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sample is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sample? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sample is the 27,345th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 370,792 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Sample reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sample is also the 217,464th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 1,308 people.
Sample is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 16,248 people, or 1 in 22,308. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 11 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Maryland, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States Sample occurs in 56 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Sample Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sample has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sample last name rose 446 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 229 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 81 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Sample Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Anglican (48%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Sample surname are 14.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.34% registered with the party.
The amount Sample earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 81.73% less than the national average, earning R 43,428 per year; in United States they earn 4.67% less than the national average, earning $41,134 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.64% more than the national average, earning $50,001 CAD per year.
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Sample Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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