The surname Samples
A surname, carried by 8,663 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S514
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,663 people named Samples in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,640 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,595.
#4,099
rank among US surnames
8,663
people in 2010
2.9
per 100,000 Americans
+0.8%
change since 2000 (was #3,783)
Who is named Samples
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Samples identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Samples 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 Samples?
- 8,663 people in the United States had the surname Samples in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,640 Americans. It ranked 4,099th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Samples?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Samples identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Samples getting more or less common?
- More common. 8,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,663 in 2010, up 0.8%.