Sam: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Sam is easy to measure, thanks to official name counts. We don't publish a meaning for Sam without a reliable source. Our researchers work it out from the records of each family.

INSEE counts 446 people born in France with the Sam surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1981–1990. In Spain, the INE population register lists 260 people with Sam as their first surname and 131 as their second.

If a Sam family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. Want more than a summary? See the Sam family name pack.