The surname Sampaio
A Portuguese surname, carried by 709 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S510
Origin
Portuguese origin
From Portuguese São + Paio, "Saint Pelagius", referring to Pelagius of Córdoba.
One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 709 people named Sampaio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 435,466 Americans. That is up 96% since 2000, when the Census counted 362.
Who is named Sampaio
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
80% of people named Sampaio identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 80%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.9%
- Two or more races 5.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Famous Sampaios
8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Wilton Pereira SampaioBrazilian referee and association football referee, born 1981
- Rogério SampaioBrazilian judoka, born 1967
- Valentina SampaioBrazilian model and actress, born 1996
- Duda SampaioBrazilian association football player, born 2001
- PaulinhoBrazilian footballer, born 2000
- Camila PitangaBrazilian actress and TV presenter, born 1977
- Fernanda AbreuBrazilian recording artist, singer, born 1961
- Guilherme SamaiaBrazilian racing driver, born 1996
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Sampaio
Sampaio has the Soundex code S510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S510.
Other Portuguese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Sampaio come from?
- From Portuguese São + Paio, "Saint Pelagius", referring to Pelagius of Córdoba.
- How common is the surname Sampaio?
- 709 people in the United States had the surname Sampaio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 435,466 Americans. It ranked 32,438th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sampaio?
- In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Sampaio identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Sampaio?
- Wilton Pereira Sampaio, Brazilian referee and association football referee, followed by Rogério Sampaio.
- Where is the surname Sampaio most common?
- Wikidata records people named Sampaio in Brazil.
- Is the surname Sampaio getting more or less common?
- More common. 362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 709 in 2010, up 96%.