Sampha Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Sampha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
Sampha (537) may also be a first name.
Sampha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sampha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sampha (Marathi: संपा, Oriya: ମହା) is found most in Thailand. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sampha.
How Common Is The Last Name Sampha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,432,070th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Sampha reside; 82 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 79 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 363,820th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 537 people.
The last name is most common in Thailand, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 2,716,859. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Surat Thani Province, where 69 percent live, Bangkok, where 15 percent live and Uttaradit Province, where 15 percent live. Apart from Thailand this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sampha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sampha in the Oriya language | ||
| ମହା | maha | - |
| Sampha in the Marathi language | ||
| संपा | 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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- 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 Sampha
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