Samson

Samson is the 2,944th most common surname in the United States, shared by 11,963 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 25,000.

By the numbers

People: 11,963
Rank: 2,944th
How common: 1 in 25,000
Per 100,000: 4.0

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Samson described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 56.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 23.6%
Black, not Hispanic 11.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 4.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Samson

Savanna Samson (born 1967)American pornographic actress
Polly Samson (born 1962)English novelist, lyricist and journalist
Sidney Samson (born 1981)Dutch DJ
Sanju Samson (born 1994)Indian cricketer
Craig Samson (born 1984)Scottish footballer
Leela Samson (born 1951)Indian choreographer

People named Samson with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Samson

Also a first name

Samson has been given to 12,879 American babies as a first name since 1892, peaking in 2025. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.