Sampoe Surname
Approximately 730 people bear this surname
Sampoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 719 | 1:25,524 | 1,579 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sampoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sampoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sampoe is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sampoe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 462,174th most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,982,940 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sampoe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Sampoe is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 719 people, or 1 in 25,524. In Burkina Faso Sampoe is primarily found in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 70 percent live, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 29 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Sampoe
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