The Samples surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,663 people carried this name — #4,099 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 8,595 in 2000.

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In print

Samples in American newspapers,
1903–1904.

Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Samples
The St. Louis Republic 1903-06-21
Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Samples
The St. Louis Republic 1903-06-28
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Samples
The Billings Gazette 1904-03-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Samples in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

1,741 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Samples. The most, 273, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 584
New South Wales 404
South Australia 243
Queensland 242
Western Australia 133
Tasmania 112
ACT (Canberra) 12
Northern Territory 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Samples.

Who carried it

People named Samples,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Junior Samples
    Junior Samples 1926–1983 · actor
  • Candy Samples 1928–2019 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Samples,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States406 records

406 records of the Samples name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 297
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 92
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ralph L. Samples

    Born 1914 in Illinois. Enlisted 1945 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; factory foreman. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Burgess Cemetery, Imperial, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Herbert Cleveland Samples

    Born 1948; from Flemington, West Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Samples

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Southampton from London, aged 32; butcher. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 406 records for Samples in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Samples name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Samples

    Corporal. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Samples in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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