Samson Family History
Samson Name Meaning
Scottish, English, Welsh, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian
(Sámson), and Jewish: from the Biblical name Samson
(Hebrew Shimshon, a diminutive of shemesh ‘sun’). Among
Christians it was sometimes chosen as a personal name or nickname with
reference to the great strength of the Biblical hero (Judges
13–16). In Wales another association was with the 6th-century Welsh
bishop Samson, who traveled to Brittany, where he died and was greatly
venerated. His name, which is probably an altered form of an unknown
Celtic original, was popularized in England by Breton followers of
William the Conqueror, and to some extent independently from Wales.
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Name Distribution of Samson Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Samson families
 102 - 201  35 - 101 |
 1 - 34  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Samson families
|
203 - 404 68 - 202 |
1 - 67 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Samson families
|
167 - 331 56 - 166 |
1 - 55 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Samson Family Origin
Samson Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Samson
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Samson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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