as a Last Name
- 16,661
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Samuel
Meaning & Origins
English, Scottish, Welsh, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Sámuel), Jewish, and South Indian: from the Biblical male personal name Samuel (Hebrew Shemuel ‘Name of God’). This name is also well established in South India. In North America this has absorbed other European cognates such as Greek Samouelidis.
| 1,877th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,661
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Samuel per capita
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