How common is the surname Sansom?

2,903 people in the United States had the surname Sansom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,354 Americans. It ranked 10,959th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sansom?

C. J. Sansom, British author of crime fiction (1952–2024), followed by Ken Sansom.

Where is the surname Sansom most common?

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

Is the surname Sansom getting more or less common?

More common. 2,831 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,903 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Sansom

A surname, carried by 2,903 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sansom is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Dissimilated (alveolarized) variant of Samson.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,903 people named Sansom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,354 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,831.

#10,959

rank among US surnames

2,903

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,426)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,953	Carlucci	2,906	106,244
#10,954	Lamberth	2,905	106,281
#10,956	Bashaw	2,904	106,317
#10,959	Sorg	2,903	106,354
#10,962	Cripps	2,902	106,391

Who is named Sansom

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

84% of people named Sansom identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sansoms

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Sansoms come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sansom

Sansom has the Soundex code S525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S525.

Questions

Where does the surname Sansom come from?: Dissimilated (alveolarized) variant of Samson.
How common is the surname Sansom?: 2,903 people in the United States had the surname Sansom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,354 Americans. It ranked 10,959th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sansom?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Sansom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sansom?: C. J. Sansom, British author of crime fiction (1952–2024), followed by Ken Sansom.
Where is the surname Sansom most common?: Wikidata records people named Sansom in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Sansom getting more or less common?: More common. 2,831 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,903 in 2010, up 2.5%.