Sammons
A surname usually treated as a spelling variant of Salmon, itself often a medieval personal-name or nickname-based surname.
The #4,352 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 37,832 Americans shares it.
Etymology
This surname is generally linked to Salmon and its many medieval spelling variants, rather than to the fish itself. The deeper origin of Salmon is usually traced to the personal name Salomon, from Hebrew via Latin and Old French, with the sense of “peace.” Some 19th-century surname writers also grouped Sammons with English forms related to the same name family.
History
English surname manuals from the 19th and early 20th centuries commonly treat Sammons as part of the Salmon/Salmonds/Salmonds group of variants. The form appears in Britain and later in the United States, where it is now established but not especially common. Because early writers often lumped several spellings together, exact line-by-line descent can vary by family.
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Fun fact
Bardsley grouped Sammons with several other surnames that he saw as essentially the same English name family, showing how fluid spelling could be in older records.
From the historical record
“SAMMONDS] SAMMONS ^v. Salmons. SAMONS j SAMPER (A.-Fr.-Lat.) Bel. to St. Pierre (St. Peter), France [v. under Pier] St. Pierre is an exceedingly common French place-name. , SAMPFORD (Eng.) Bel. to Sampford (Devon, Soms., Essex, etc.) = the Sandy Ford”
— Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary (2 vols in 1)