The Sampson surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 39,277 people carried this name — #886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,510 people counted. That is up 5% from 37,234 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Sampson.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Sampson live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Nidwalden.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
54 people named Sampson is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Sampson in American newspapers,
1911–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 371,032 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sampson,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jose Demostenes Sampson Ocaranza d. 1973 · civil servant
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Gertrude Martha Sampson d. 1984
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Elizabeth Sampson d. 1727
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Thoms Sampson d. 1811
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Richard Sampson 1485–1554 · composer
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Rose Sampson 1493–
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sampson.
- Samoy 195 · U.S. census
- Sampaio 709 · U.S. census
- Samper 409 · U.S. census
- Sampere 109 · U.S. census
- Sampieri 196 · U.S. census
- Sampietro 158 · U.S. census
- Samson 11,123 · U.S. census
- Samuel 23,125 · U.S. census
- Samy 354 · U.S. census
- Samyn 167 · U.S. census
- San 2,732 · U.S. census
- Sana 596 · U.S. census
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