Sansom Surname Guide

Sansom is an established spelling of the English surname Sampson.

What is the meaning of Sansom?

The name is usually explained as “Of the sun”. The 2010 US Census counted 2,903 people named Sansom, ranking it number 10,959 among American surnames. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

How is Sansom related to Sampson?

Before spelling was fixed, Sampson was also written Sansom. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Samson and Sampsen.

Does every Sansom family have a crest?

Arms linked to Sampson and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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