Samsom Surname
Approximately 1,630 people bear this surname
Samsom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 516 | 1:343,300 | 18,611 |
| Netherlands | 400 | 1:42,218 | 7,157 |
| Algeria | 219 | 1:176,400 | 21,809 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| Philippines | 68 | 1:1,488,797 | 104,347 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Taiwan | 22 | 1:1,065,670 | 7,365 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 26 | 1:937,514 | 38,808 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Samsom (2,372) may also be a first name.
Samsom Demographics
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Samsom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samsom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samsom (Georgian: სამსომ) is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samsom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 244,412th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,470,887 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Samsom reside; 32 percent reside in West Africa and 32 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samsom is also the 152,528th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,372 people.
Samsom is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 516 people, or 1 in 343,300. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 8 percent live, Lagos, where 6 percent live and Adamawa, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 49 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 25 percent live and Algeria, where 13 percent live.
Samsom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Samsom has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Samsom last name grew 720 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 8 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Samsom Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Samsom last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Samsom last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Samsom earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.09% more than the national average, earning $45,778 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.82% less than the national average, earning $46,297 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samsom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samsom in the Georgian language | ||
| სამსომ | samsom | - |
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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 Samsom
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