Samspon Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Samspon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samspon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Samspon (50) may also be a first name.

Samspon Last Name Facts

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

Samspon is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samspon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,506,728th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Samspon are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 50 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 38 percent are found, Rivers, where 38 percent are found and Abia, where 21 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Samspon occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Samspon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Samspon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Samspon last name increased 2,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Samspon Last Name Statistics demography

Samspon earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 40.21% more than the national average, earning $60,500 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
  • 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 Samspon
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