Sams is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sams
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

Sams is the variation of Sammes. See Samuel - A surname, pretty equally shared by Jews and Christians. It has given rise to Samuels, Sams, Samson, Sampson, Samnkin, Sampkin, Sammes, and perhaps Samwell— but this last may be local.

See Samuel - A surname, pretty equally shared by Jews and Christians. It has given rise to Samuels, Sams, Samson, Sampson, Samnkin, Sampkin, Sammes, and perhaps Samwell— but this last may be local.

How popular is Sams?

Sams is common in United States, Bangladesh, England, Australia, Austria, Canada, Egypt, Denmark, India, Saudi Arabia, Germany.

Sams is ranked 19569 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sams bearers increased by 3.68 per cent in 2010 US census to 16014 since 2000, the surname slipped by 117 spots and ranked at 2275. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.66 77.52
Black 19.47 18.67
Others 2.3 1.41
Hispanic or Latino 2.19 1.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.82 0.65
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.48
Sams is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however American Samoa is ahead in terms of density. Around 28049 people have been found who wears Sams as their family name. Sams is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Sams:
2,322 United States19,623
Countries with thousands of Sams:
3,114 Bangladesh2,613
4,323 England1,719
Countries with hundreds of Sams:
3,971 Australia914
1,815 Austria669
10,780 Canada371
21,412 Egypt275
2,313 Denmark248
94,502 India237
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
42,561 Germany162
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
46,089 South Africa89
3,584 Latvia87
79,171 Nigeria75
14,862 Ivory Coast51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
153,918 Indonesia50
30,158 Malaysia47
8,706 Portugal47
8,136 Dominican Republic46
5,782 Estonia42
31,875 Pakistan37
4,752 Taiwan36
47,112 Tanzania34
213,487 Russia31
780 Bahamas26
11,507 Scotland24
22,464 Finland18
237,746 France16
19,343 Iraq16
12,484 Wales16
18,211 Singapore13
375,884 Thailand13
75,423 Netherlands12
1,123 American Samoa11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
8,067 Panama10
11,581 Ghana9
2,057 Isle of Man9
33,029 New Zealand9
81,336 Sweden9
86,878 Spain8
440,995 Brazil7
238,248 Philippines7
11,702 China6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Spinster Anna Sams from Germany aboard the Donau from Hamburg. She is registered to be 31 years old when she arrived in USA on December 10, 1853. Meta Sams, aged 28, H. Sams, aged 25, G.A. Sams, aged 28, Maria Sams, 21 years old Therese Sams, Auguste Sams, aged 29, Painter Auguste Sams, 10 months old Bertha Sams, and 13 other Sams majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer migrated to US from Bremen, Hamburg and Hamburg & Havre.

Sams Namesakes

  • William Sams, was appointed Under-Sheriff of Hobart
  • Greg Sams, UK-based, American-born, fractal artist
  • Ferrol Sams, Ferrol Aubrey Sams, Jr
  • Jeffrey D. Sams, American actor known primarily for his television work
  • B. B. Sams, American artist who has worked as an illustrator
  • Eric Sams, British musicologist and Shakespeare scholar
  • Jeremy Sams, British theatre director, writer, translator, orchestrator
  • Lionel Sams, former English darts player

Sams Namesakes

  • William Sams, was appointed Under-Sheriff of Hobart
  • Greg Sams, UK-based, American-born, fractal artist
  • Ferrol Sams, Ferrol Aubrey Sams, Jr
  • Jeffrey D. Sams, American actor known primarily for his television work
  • B. B. Sams, American artist who has worked as an illustrator
  • Eric Sams, British musicologist and Shakespeare scholar
  • Jeremy Sams, British theatre director, writer, translator, orchestrator
  • Lionel Sams, former English darts player

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