Coompson Surname

622,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 493 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Coompson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coompson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Coompson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Coompson is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coompson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Coompson is the 622,538th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,782,040 people. The surname Coompson occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Coompson reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Coompson is most numerous in Ghana, where it is carried by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Barring Ghana this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Compson93675/
Chompson8818/
Cumpson80296/
Campson80113/
Kompson8012/
Jompson802/
Conpson801/
Compcon801/
Compsom800/
Jhompson757/
Champson752/
Tjompson752/
Chompsan751/
Chompzon751/
Chonpson751/
Cumpsion751/
Joonpson750/
Campsion750/
Soumpson750/
Tshompson714/
Thjompson711/
Champsion711/
Campsen6791/
Kampson6728/
Jampson678/
Coombshahn671/
Jonpson671/
Cumpsen670/
Cumpsom670/
Cumpsan670/
Cumbson670/

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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 Coompson
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