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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Samson
Name Distribution of Samson Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
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 Emigration Information (US)
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Samson Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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