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 occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sampoe.
How Common Is The Last Name Sampoe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 462,174th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 9,982,940 people. This last name 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 widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 719 people, or 1 in 25,524. In Burkina Faso Sampoe is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 70 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 29 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso Sampoe exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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
- 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 Sampoe
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