Sampsom Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Sampsom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sampsom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1721:1,029,90043,269
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Liberia181:244,91915,115
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Guyana11:762,22114,420
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Sampsom (159) may also be a first name.

Sampsom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sampsom is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sampsom? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,009,375th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Sampsom are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 727,628th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 159 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 1,029,900. In Nigeria Sampsom is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 37 percent reside, Rivers, where 31 percent reside and Cross River, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Liberia, where 7 percent reside.

Sampsom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sampsom has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 343 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sampsom Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sampsom are 28.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the political party.

Sampsom earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.89% less than the national average, earning $36,726 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Sampsom
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