Samsson Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Samsson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 47 | 1:209,505 | 14,512 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Samsson (82) may also be a first name.
Samsson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samsson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samsson is most common in Sweden. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Samsson click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samsson? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,007,164th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. Samsson is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Samsson live; 76 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,060,447th most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 82 people.
Samsson is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 209,505. In Sweden Samsson is most prevalent in: Västra Götaland County, where 49 percent live, Stockholm County, where 26 percent live and Kronoberg County, where 11 percent live. Besides Sweden this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 21 percent live and Ethiopia, where 10 percent live.
Samsson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Samsson has changed over time. In The United States it decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Samsson
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