Sampama Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Sampama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sampama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia231:689,12726,212
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Sampama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sampama is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sampama.

How Common Is The Last Name Sampama? popularity and diffusion

Sampama is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Sampama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sampama live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Sampama is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 689,127. In Zambia it is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 83 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent reside. Besides Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 8 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 4 percent reside.

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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 Sampama
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