Bompas Surname

320,495th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Greece

Bompas Surname Definition:

1616. John Lloyd and Anne Bompase: Marriage Lic.

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Bompas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France8741:75,99910,674
Greece1491:74,36112,526
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Belgium301:383,22141,070
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
England81:6,964,757184,742
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bompas Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. Lower suggests the Frenchbon pas, good pace; corresponding to English Lightloot, Golightly, &c, the opposite of Malpas. This view is strongly confirmed by the first entry below:

1616. John Lloyd and Anne Bompase: Marriage Lic. (London).

1628. Buried — An infant daughter of Thomas Bumpas: Kensington Ch.

1629. Baptised — John, s. Thomas Bumpasse:.

1670. — James, son of James Bumpus: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(French-Latin) belonging to Bompas (France) = the Good Pass or Road [French bon, Latin bon-us + French pas, Lat, pass-us, a step] Cp. Malpas.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Good Pace” (Bonpas) in Old French. Compare Golightly and Lightfoot.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

French bon pas, good pace, or good passage. It may therefore either be local, or have reference to the pedestrian powers of the assumer. Conf. Malpas.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Bonpas near Perpignan, a Visigoth family. Gilbert, son of William Bonpas, paid a fine, 1265, for an assize, Gloucestershire (Roberts, Excerpt. ii. 418).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Dutch, Bombach; a location name and personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Amongst the names now rare in the county is that of Bumpus, which was represented in Enstone parish in 1758 (J.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Bompas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bompas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bompas occurs most in France. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bompas.

How Common Is The Last Name Bompas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bompas is the 320,495th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,250,039 people. Bompas occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Bompas reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 874 people, or 1 in 75,999. In France Bompas is most common in: Pays de la Loire, where 58 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 11 percent reside and Martinique, where 7 percent reside. Apart from France it is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 13 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.

Bompas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bompas has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 78 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bompas Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Bompas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.97% less than the national average, earning R 114,144 per year and in Canada they earn 20.63% more than the national average, earning $59,935 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Bompais92193/
Bompays9284/
Bompast920/
Bompa91875/
Bumpas83957/
Bompat83675/
Boumpa83361/
Bampas83346/
Bompos83284/
Bompay83136/
Bonpas8384/
Bompai8356/
Bempas839/
Bompad835/
Boompa834/
Bompoa834/
Bompah833/
Bompha832/
Bombpa831/
Bhompa831/
Vompas831/
Bumpass771,066/
Bompose77158/
Boonpas7777/
Bompois7771/
Basmpas7758/
Bonpays7733/
Bampais7726/
Boumpoa7717/
Bumpase7714/
Bompous777/
Bampats774/
Bumpaus773/
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Bompaix771/
Botempa771/
Bomphat771/
Bompach770/
Bampass770/
Boumpasová751/
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Bobas73497/
Bovas73285/
Bompo7374/
Vompa7322/
Bonpa7310/
Bousmpos7123/
Boumpous7115/
Bompache714/
Bonpasse711/
Mpoumpas711/
Bumppass711/
Bumpfass710/
Boonpa671,128/
Bampos67528/
Mpompa67418/
Bobash67324/
Bompou67161/
Boubas6757/
Bovais6733/
Basmpa6728/
Bobase6720/
Boobas6718/
Bampai6717/
Bempos6716/
Bouvas6714/
Bhampa6710/
Vampas678/
Bompey676/
Bunpas676/
Bumpos674/
Bampha673/
Bobass673/
Bompoy673/
Bompei672/
Bhovas672/
Bonpap672/
Bampat672/
Bhompo671/
Wampas671/
Bompuo671/
Bosbas671/
Bovaas671/
Mpabas671/
Bobeas671/
Bovass671/
Bobais671/
Bgampa671/
Bompeu671/
Vompos671/
Bonpad671/
Bonpai671/
Bonpat671/
Boompo671/
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