Sampson Genealogy and Sampson Family History Information

origin and history

Apparently from an unidentified source:

English, Dutch, and Jewish: variant of Samson. The -p- was introduced in the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Shimshon.

history

Apparently from the aforementioned unidentified source:

The English surname has also long been established in Ireland.

In North America, this name has absorbed other European cognates, for example Greek Sampsonakis, Sampsonides.

other versions of this surname

• Samson