# Sansom (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sansom/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,903 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,959 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 106,354 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (2,831 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Dissimilated (alveolarized) variant of Samson.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sansom in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sansom in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Sansom

- C. J. Sansom, British author of crime fiction (1952–2024)
- Ken Sansom, American actor (1927-2012)

## Similar surnames

Swanson, Samson, Sansone, Sanson, Swenson, Sanjuan, Swinson, Sensenig, Simkins, Swensen, Swanigan, Sanguinetti.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.