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
Samsson is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samsson? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,007,164th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Samsson occurs mostly 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 numerous first name internationally, borne by 82 people.
The last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 209,505. In Sweden Samsson is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 49 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 26 percent are found and Kronoberg County, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Sweden Samsson exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 21 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 10 percent are found.
Samsson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Samsson has changed through the years. In The United States it declined 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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