Sampa Surname
Approximately 27,325 people bear this surname
Sampa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 19,781 | 1:801 | 104 |
| Bangladesh | 5,317 | 1:29,971 | 1,929 |
| DR Congo | 465 | 1:158,881 | 16,459 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Indonesia | 353 | 1:374,644 | 32,082 |
| India | 172 | 1:4,459,682 | 116,397 |
| Tanzania | 137 | 1:386,435 | 27,768 |
| Brazil | 135 | 1:1,585,736 | 52,536 |
| Cameroon | 98 | 1:211,929 | 21,585 |
| United States | 89 | 1:4,072,572 | 219,877 |
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| Greece | 47 | 1:235,740 | 36,293 |
| Ivory Coast | 41 | 1:562,713 | 17,068 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Bhutan | 12 | 1:51,337 | 653 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 9 | 1:192,002 | 129 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sampa (179,997) may also be a first name.
Sampa Demographics
Average Male Sampa Height
172.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sampa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sampa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sampa (Bengali: সম্পা, Hindi: सम्पा, Marathi: संपा, Oriya: ସା, Russian: Сампа, Tibetan: བསམ་པ་) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sampa.
How Common Is The Last Name Sampa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 20,021st most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 266,699 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Sampa live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sampa is also the 5,833rd most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 179,997 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 19,781 people, or 1 in 801. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Northern Province, where 36 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 21 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia this last name exists in 64 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 19 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Sampa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sampa has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,225 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sampa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sampa are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sampa earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 55.53% less than the national average, earning R 105,684 per year and in United States they earn 19.09% less than the national average, earning $34,910 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sampa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sampa in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্পা | sampa | 94.53 |
| শম্পা | sampa | 4.61 |
| সমপা | samapa | 0.46 |
| স্বম্পা | sbampa | 0.17 |
| সাম্পা | sampa | 0.03 |
| Sampa in the Marathi language | ||
| संपा | sampa | 91.75 |
| संप | sampa | 2.06 |
| सांपा | sampa | 1.37 |
| शम | sama | 0.34 |
| शाम | sama | 0.34 |
| शमा | sama | 0.34 |
| सपा | sapa | 0.34 |
| Sampa in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्पा | sampa | 85.51 |
| संपा | sampa | 5.24 |
| सम्पाि | sampai | 4.32 |
| सांपा | sampa | 3.6 |
| समपा | samapa | 0.62 |
| साम्पा | sampa | 0.31 |
| शम्पा | sampa | 0.1 |
| सामपा | samapa | 0.1 |
| Sampa in the Oriya language | ||
| ସା | sa | 61.54 |
| ସଂପା | sampa | 9.47 |
| ସାହୁ | sahu | 6.51 |
| କମର୍କାର | kamarkara | 2.37 |
| ସାହା | saha | 2.37 |
| ପାଲ | pala | 2.37 |
| ପାତ | pata | 2.37 |
| ସାା | saa | 2.37 |
| ସଂପ | sampa | 1.18 |
| କାମିଳା | kamila | 0.59 |
| ସଅା | saaa | 0.59 |
| ସମପା | samapa | 0.59 |
| ପାଳ | pala | 0.59 |
| ସବ୍ା | saba | 0.59 |
| ସାମଲ | samala | 0.59 |
| ସନ୍ା | sana | 0.59 |
| ଶମର୍ା | samara | 0.59 |
| ସାଂପା | sampa | 0.59 |
| ସଦ୍ା | sada | 0.59 |
| Sampa in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསམ་པ་ | sampa | 61.04 |
| བསམ་པ། | sampa | 32.47 |
| བསམ་པ | sampa | 2.6 |
| བམས་པ་ | bampa | 1.3 |
| བསན་པ་ | senpa | 1.3 |
| བསམ་བ། | samwa | 1.3 |
| Sampa in the Russian language | ||
| Сампа | sampa | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sampa
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