Sam Family History
- Sam Name Meaning
- English: from a pet form of the personal name Samson (see Samson). Dutch (van Sam): variant of Van den Sand (see Sand 2). Nigerian and Ghanaian: unexplained. Chinese : variant of Shen. Chinese : variant of Shum. Other Southeast Asian: unexplained.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 175,740 Historical Documents with Sam on Ancestry
- 78,380 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 50,139 Census and Voter Lists
- 5,823 Military Records
- 22,828 Immigration Records
- 18,570 Member Trees
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Number of Sam families
 52 - 101  18 - 51 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sam families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Sam census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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