Sampulu Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Zambia

Sampulu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sampulu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Sampulu (20) may also be a first name.

Sampulu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sampulu (Bengali: সম্পুলু, Oriya: ସାୁଲୁ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sampulu? popularity and diffusion

Sampulu is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Sampulu are found; 43 percent are found in Southern Africa and 43 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sampulu is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 20 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Sampulu is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 100 percent live. Not including India Sampulu is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 43 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sampuhlu9315/
Sampulut937/
Shampulu931/
Sempulu8636/
Jampulu868/
Sampolu863/
Campullu8016/
Sompulut805/
Jampullu801/
Sanpulus801/
Sabulu77258/
Savulu7717/
Saibulu711,374/
Sabulau716/
Shabulu715/
Sabulut711/
Siabulu711/
Sompolu711/
Saboulou676/

Sampulu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sampulu in the Oriya language
ସାୁଲୁsaulu-
Sampulu in the Bengali language
সম্পুলুsampulu80
সমপুলুsamapulu20

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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 Sampulu
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