Samsons Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Samsons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samsons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia301:68,33510,134
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Samsons (44) may also be a first name.

Samsons Last Name Facts

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

Samsons (Russian: Самсонс) has its highest incidence in Latvia. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samsons? popularity and diffusion

The last name Samsons is the 2,352,516th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Samsons are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 45 percent are found in Baltic Europe. Samsons is also the 1,525,482nd most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 44 people.

This last name is most numerous in Latvia, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 68,335. In Latvia Samsons is most prevalent in: Latgale, where 73 percent reside, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 7 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 7 percent reside. Barring Latvia this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.

Samsons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Samsons has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Samsons surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Samsons Last Name Statistics demography

Samsons earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sansons863/
Jamsons862/
Samshens801/
Sansonz712/
Chansons674/
Saintjohns591/
Sanchotens591/
Shamshamsh591/
Sansans5718/
Sansanz5710/
Sansoms570/
Zamjatins5042/
Shanjanse501/
Schonjans501/

Samsons Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samsons in the Russian language
Самсонсsamsons-

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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 Samsons
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