Sampsonas Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Sampsonas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sampsonas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece591:187,79330,074
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Sampsonas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sampsonas is borne by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sampsonas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sampsonas is the 2,483,783rd most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. Sampsonas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sampsonas reside; 98 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Greece, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 187,793. In Greece Sampsonas is mostly concentrated in: Western Greece, where 75 percent are found and Attica, where 25 percent are found. Other than Greece Sampsonas is found in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sampsona9450/
Sampsons9411/
Sampsonis89122/
Sampsones894/
Simpsonas891/
Sampsounis8442/
Simpsons82125/
Sampson-Sue801/
Simpson's784/
Simpson Sy744/
Sampaio Sans672/
Simpson-Hughes618/

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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 Sampsonas
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