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About ≈ 4.03M people worldwide are named Samuel.

Estimated world position ≈ #131 ↗
Where it is more commonGhanaAmong the countries we compare
Most popular year2001International comparison

Samuel’s popularity stayed fairly steady between 2020 and 2025.

World

Samuel around the world

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Where it is more common

On the map · SamuelFiji · —Tanzania · —Western Sahara · —Canada · CommonUnited States · CommonKazakhstan · —Uzbekistan · —Papua New Guinea · —Indonesia · —Argentina · —Chile · CommonCongo - Kinshasa · —Somalia · —Kenya · —Sudan · —Chad · —Haiti · —Dominican Republic · —Russia · —Bahamas · —Falkland Islands · —Norway · Moderately commonGreenland · —French Southern Territories · —Timor-Leste · —South Africa · CommonLesotho · —Mexico · CommonUruguay · —Brazil · CommonBolivia · CommonPeru · CommonColombia · CommonPanama · CommonCosta Rica · —Nicaragua · —Honduras · —El Salvador · —Guatemala · CommonBelize · —Venezuela · —Guyana · —Suriname · —France · CommonEcuador · —Puerto Rico · —Jamaica · —Cuba · —Zimbabwe · —Botswana · —Namibia · —Senegal · —Mali · —Mauritania · —Benin · —Niger · —Nigeria · Very commonCameroon · Very commonTogo · —Ghana · Very commonCôte d’Ivoire · —Guinea · —Guinea-Bissau · —Liberia · —Sierra Leone · —Burkina Faso · —Central African Republic · —Congo - Brazzaville · —Gabon · —Equatorial Guinea · —Zambia · —Malawi · —Mozambique · —Eswatini · —Angola · —Burundi · —Israel · —Lebanon · —Madagascar · —Palestinian Territories · —Gambia · —Tunisia · —Algeria · —Jordan · —United Arab Emirates · —Qatar · —Kuwait · —Iraq · —Oman · —Vanuatu · —Cambodia · —Thailand · —Laos · —Myanmar (Burma) · —Vietnam · —North Korea · —South Korea · —Mongolia · —India · —Bangladesh · —Bhutan · —Nepal · —Pakistan · —Afghanistan · —Tajikistan · —Kyrgyzstan · —Turkmenistan · —Iran · —Syria · —Armenia · —Sweden · —Belarus · —Ukraine · —Poland · Moderately commonAustria · —Hungary · —Moldova · —Romania · —Lithuania · —Latvia · —Estonia · —Germany · Moderately commonBulgaria · —Greece · —Türkiye · —Albania · —Croatia · —Switzerland · CommonLuxembourg · —Belgium · CommonNetherlands · Moderately commonPortugal · CommonSpain · CommonIreland · CommonNew Caledonia · —Solomon Islands · —New Zealand · —Australia · —Sri Lanka · —China · —Taiwan · —Italy · Moderately commonDenmark · —United Kingdom · Moderately commonIceland · —Azerbaijan · —Georgia · —Philippines · —Malaysia · Moderately commonBrunei · —Slovenia · Moderately commonFinland · CommonSlovakia · —Czechia · —Eritrea · —Japan · —Paraguay · —Yemen · —Saudi Arabia · UncommonUnited Nations · —Cyprus · —Morocco · —Egypt · UncommonLibya · —Ethiopia · —Djibouti · —United Nations · —Uganda · —Rwanda · —Bosnia & Herzegovina · —North Macedonia · —Serbia · —Montenegro · —Kosovo · —Trinidad & Tobago · —South Sudan · —
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How Samuel’s popularity has changed

The international comparison peaks in 2001.

Comparable period: 1900–2025 · France + United States

2025

Less popular than at its peak in this period.

International comparison

Higher = more popular
Samuel
International comparison · NameTempo international index · France / United States · 1900–2025 · Higher = more popular1900194219832025Peak 2001
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