Samuelson Surname

39,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Samuelson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Samuel.' Not always Jewish. There are many Samuels of English descent; v. Samwell.

Matilda Samuel, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Geoffrey Samuel, Essex, 1273.

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Samuelson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,3881:31,8283,980
Canada3831:96,20310,471
Sweden3381:29,1322,379
England2911:191,47116,969
South Africa2251:240,79024,675
Australia1521:177,60318,018
Israel611:140,28914,966
France431:1,544,714145,815
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Madagascar91:2,627,7603,802
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
India71:109,580,769786,157
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Wales41:773,63329,106
China31:455,773,85521,925
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Iceland21:190,0456,825
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Dominica11:75,891912
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England891:273,88119,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0461:48,0105,489

Samuelson (5,049) may also be a first name.

Samuelson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Samuel.' Not always Jewish. There are many Samuels of English descent; v. Samwell.

Matilda Samuel, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Geoffrey Samuel, Essex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Samuel, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Seman fil. Samuel, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

All these baptismal names establish the fact above stated, that Samuel and Samuels were not confined to Jews; v. Salman.

1626. Buried — Xpian, wife of John Samuell: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A personal name from Hebrew Shemu'd, probably meaning 'name of God.' "Not always Jewish. There are many Samuels of English descent" (Bardsley). Isaac filius Samuel, a charter witness at Scone, c. 1200 (Scon, 125). George Samuel, burgess of Edinburgh, 1699 (Inquis., 8106). Samuel, for some unknown reason, is used as an Englishing of the Norse-Gaelic name Somerled.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Samuel’s Son, v. Samuel.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of Samuel (God hath heard).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A surname, pretty equally shared by Jews and Christians. It has given rise to Samuels, Sams, Samson, Sampson, Samkin, Sampkin, Sammes, and perhaps Samwell-but this last may be local.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Samuelson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samuelson (Arabic: صامويلسن, Russian: Самуэльсон) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samuelson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 39,949th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 554,734 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Samuelson live; 86 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America. Samuelson is also the 95,644th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 5,049 people.

The last name Samuelson is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 11,388 people, or 1 in 31,828. In The United States Samuelson is most numerous in: California, where 11 percent live, Minnesota, where 10 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 60 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent live and Sweden, where 3 percent live.

Samuelson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Samuelson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Samuelson surname increased 1,089 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 327 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Samuelson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Samuelson are 13.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.91% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Samuelson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.45% more than the national average, earning R 378,924 per year; in United States they earn 9.17% more than the national average, earning $47,105 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.81% more than the national average, earning $51,576 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Samuelson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samuelson in the Russian language
Самуэльсонsamuelson-
Samuelson in the Arabic language
صامويلسنsamwylsn-

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