Samples Surname

44,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Samples Surname Definition:

Sample’s (Son): v. Sample.

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Samples Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,4991:31,5213,940
England2111:264,06720,991
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
India71:109,580,769786,157
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England871:280,17719,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3501:37,1994,400

Samples (19) may also be a first name.

Samples Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Sample’s (Son): v. Sample.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(French) One who came from St. Paul (small), the name of several places in France.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Meaning: a common person, an everyman.

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Samples Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samples has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samples? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 44,073rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 618,270 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Samples reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Samples is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name in the world, held by 19 people.

Samples is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 11,499 people, or 1 in 31,521. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 16 percent are found, West Virginia, where 6 percent are found and Tennessee, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Samples Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Samples has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 852 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 243 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Samples Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Samples are 22.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.45% being registered with the party.

The amount Samples earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.3% less than the national average, earning $39,137 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.63% less than the national average, earning $49,368 CAD per year.

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Samples Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Samples
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