Compassion Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Compassion Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Compassion Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines251:4,049,529157,830
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Compassion (124) may also be a first name.

Compassion Last Name Facts

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

The surname Compassion is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Compassion? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,798,600th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Compassion live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 89 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Compassion is also the 836,439th most widespread forename internationally. It is borne by 124 people.

This last name is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 4,049,529. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Caraga, where 28 percent live, Central Visayas, where 20 percent live and Davao Region, where 20 percent live. Apart from The Philippines this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Compasion95418/
Compascion905/
Compacion841,554/
Compassan841/
Campasion841/
Compasyon841/
Compasan78178/
Campacion744/
Conpacion742/
Campasan675/
Kompasan671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Compassion
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