How common is the surname Sammons?

8,161 people in the United States had the surname Sammons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,832 Americans. It ranked 4,352nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sammons getting more or less common?

More common. 8,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,161 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Sammons

A surname, carried by 8,161 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sammons is more common than 97.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,161 people named Sammons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,832 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,134.

#4,352

rank among US surnames

8,161

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,007)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,343	Bradbury	8,172	37,781
#4,344	Seiler	8,170	37,790
#4,345	Menchaca	8,169	37,795
#4,346	Caudle	8,167	37,804
#4,347	Loftus	8,166	37,809
#4,348	Palermo	8,165	37,813
#4,351	Leclair	8,162	37,827

Who is named Sammons

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Sammons identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sammons

Sammons has the Soundex code S552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S552.

Questions

How common is the surname Sammons?: 8,161 people in the United States had the surname Sammons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,832 Americans. It ranked 4,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sammons?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Sammons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sammons getting more or less common?: More common. 8,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,161 in 2010, up 0.3%.