Sampisi Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Sampisi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sampisi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Botswana391:56,07510,323
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sampisi (71) may also be a first name.

Sampisi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sampisi is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sampisi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sampisi is the 1,658,108th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. Sampisi occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sampisi reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sampisi is also the 1,152,838th most common given name in the world, held by 71 people.

The last name Sampisi is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 30 percent live, North West, where 23 percent live and Limpopo, where 14 percent live. Not including South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 33 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Sampisi Last Name Statistics demography

Sampisi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.79% less than the national average, earning R 152,580 per year.

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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 Sampisi
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