How Many People Have the Last Name Sampson?
people had the surname Sampson in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 7,508 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
White
Change Since 2000
+2,043 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Sampson (60.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 30%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Sampson ranks #656. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 62.8% to 60.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Sampson grew from 37,234 people in 2000 to 39,277 in 2010 (up 5.5%), and its rank fell from #844 to #886. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 13.8 to 13.32 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 37,234 | 39,277 |
| Rank | #844 | #886 |
| Per 100,000 people | 13.8 | 13.32 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sampson
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sampson: S512
👤 Sampson as a First Name
Sampson is a first name too: about 2,442 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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