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    The surname Samp

    A Polish surname, carried by 616 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S510

    Samp: #36,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Samp #36,337, 616 people Samp: #36,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Samp #36,337, 616 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Samp is more common than 77.6% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish Samp. It could also be a hypocoristic form of the personal name Samson.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 616 people named Samp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 501,210 Americans. That is down 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 729.

    #36,337
    rank among US surnames
    616
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -15.5%
    change since 2000 (was #30,292)

    Who is named Samp

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

    96% of people named Samp identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Samp

    Samp has the Soundex code S510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S510.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Samp come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Samp. It could also be a hypocoristic form of the personal name Samson.
    How common is the surname Samp?
    616 people in the United States had the surname Samp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 501,210 Americans. It ranked 36,337th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Samp?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Samp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Samp getting more or less common?
    Less common. 729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 616 in 2010, down 16%.