Sampsan Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Sampsan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Sampsan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sampsan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sampsan is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sampsan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Sampsan occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Sampsan are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 58 percent reside, Rivers, where 26 percent reside and Abia, where 5 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Sampsan occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent reside and Benin, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sammpsan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hsampsan | 93 | 0 | / |
| Sampson | 86 | 130,864 | / |
| Sampsen | 86 | 21 | / |
| Sampsam | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sampsont | 80 | 19 | / |
| Sammpson | 80 | 14 | / |
| Sampsson | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sampsoon | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sasmpson | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sampsion | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sampsone | 80 | 3 | / |
| Shampson | 80 | 2 | / |
| Saimpson | 80 | 2 | / |
| Saampson | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ssampson | 80 | 1 | / |
| Samnpson | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sanmpson | 80 | 1 | / |
| Samppson | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sajmpson | 80 | 1 | / |
| Saempson | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sampsond | 80 | 1 | / |
| Seampson | 80 | 0 | / |
| Samphson | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sampsom | 71 | 252 | / |
| Campson | 71 | 113 | / |
| Campsen | 71 | 91 | / |
| Sampsonova | 71 | 46 | / |
| Sompson | 71 | 35 | / |
| Jampson | 71 | 8 | / |
| Sambson | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sampcon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sampsonová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sempsen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Champson | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chompsan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shompson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siompson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soumpson | 67 | 0 | / |
| Seimpson | 67 | 0 | / |
| Campsion | 67 | 0 | / |
| Siempson | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sampsan
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