Samper Family History
Samper Name Meaning
Spanish and Aragonese: habitational name from Samper in Aragon (Huesca) or Samper de Calanda in Teruel both in Spain so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter; compare Sampedro . Catalan: variant of Sampere a habitational name from any of the places in Catalonia (Spain) called Sant Pere for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter (Sant Pere in Catalan); see Peter .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022