Compaor Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Compaor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Compaor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso381:482,9506,794
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Compaor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Compaor is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Compaor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,909,720th most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. Compaor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Compaor live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 482,950. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 39 percent are found, Centre Region, where 26 percent are found and Plateau-Central Region, where 5 percent are found. Beside Burkina Faso Compaor occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Compaore93199,139/
Compahore8814/
Coumpaore8810/
Ccompaore884/
Compaaore882/
Commpaore881/
Comppaore881/
Ciompaore881/
Compaorre881/
Coompaore881/
Kompaore801,543/
Compoare80264/
Campaore8010/
Conpaore802/
Koumpaore7524/
Kompaoure751/
Kompoar711/
Kampaore672/
Campoare671/
Kompouard632/
Cabajor571/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Compaor
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