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    The surname Sample

    A surname, carried by 11,471 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S514

    Sample: #3,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sample #3,150, 11,471 people Sample: #3,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sample #3,150, 11,471 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sample is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,471 people named Sample in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,915 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,414.

    #3,150
    rank among US surnames
    11,471
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,885)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,141Grigsby11,50126,845
    #3,142Maciel11,50026,847
    #3,144Steffen11,49426,861
    #3,145Blalock11,49326,864
    #3,146Levesque11,49026,871
    #3,147Forsythe11,48926,873
    #3,148Newby11,48326,887

    Who is named Sample

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

    68% of people named Sample identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Samples

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joe Sample
      American jazz musician and composer (1939–2014)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sample

    Sample has the Soundex code S514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S514.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sample?
    11,471 people in the United States had the surname Sample in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,915 Americans. It ranked 3,150th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sample?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Sample identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sample?
    Joe Sample, American jazz musician and composer (1939–2014).
    Where is the surname Sample most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sample in the United States.
    Is the surname Sample getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,414 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,471 in 2010, up 0.5%.