Last name: SAMPSON

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SAMPSON : This last name is indexed 181,599 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

SAMPSON : 1: English Welsh and Jewish: variant of Samson. The -p- was introduced in the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Shimshon.2: English: of Norman origin a habitational name from any of the French places called Saint-Samson (Seine-Maritime Calvados) including Saint-Samson-de-Bonfosse (Manche) and Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque (Eure) so called from the dedication of their churches to Saint Samson of Dol the Welsh bishop (see Samson).4: Americanized form of French Breton German and Dutch Samson.3: Greek: from the personal name Sampson (see 1 above) or an American shortened form of any of various patronymics derived from this name e.g. Sampsonidis and Sampsonoglou.

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