Sampwe Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Sampwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
Sampwe (34) may also be a first name.
Sampwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sampwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sampwe is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sampwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,666,404th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name Sampwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sampwe reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Sampwe is also the 1,775,424th most common first name worldwide It is held by 34 people.
The surname Sampwe is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 636,893. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sambwe | 83 | 7,478 | / |
| Sompwe | 83 | 4,999 | / |
| Sempwe | 83 | 76 | / |
| Sampwa | 83 | 51 | / |
| Sampue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shambwe | 77 | 256 | / |
| Sampoue | 77 | 112 | / |
| Siambwe | 77 | 30 | / |
| Ssambwe | 77 | 14 | / |
| Sambwet | 77 | 10 | / |
| Sompwez | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sampuech | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ssaambwe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sambwa | 67 | 4,167 | / |
| Zambwe | 67 | 1,266 | / |
| Sombwe | 67 | 251 | / |
| Sambue | 67 | 116 | / |
| Sampui | 67 | 54 | / |
| Sompwa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Sembwe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Sonpwe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Sanpue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Seampuech | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jambwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sompue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cambwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sompwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sambwd | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sampwe
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