How Many People Have the Last Name Sam?
people had the surname Sam in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 24,450 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Asian and Pacific Islander
Change Since 2000
+2,453 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname Sam: 33.7% are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander and 27.8% are non-Hispanic Black. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander share rose from 30.6% to 33.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Sam grew from 9,600 people in 2000 to 12,053 in 2010 (up 25.6%), and its rank rose from #3,413 to #2,974.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 9,600 | 12,053 |
| Rank | #3,413 | #2,974 |
| Per 100,000 people | 3.56 | 4.09 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sam
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sam: S500
👤 Sam as a First Name
Sam is a first name too: about 48,404 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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