Smpson Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Grenada

Smpson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smpson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England31:18,572,686338,250
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Smpson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smpson (Russian: Смпсон) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Smpson? popularity and diffusion

Smpson is the 3,274,477th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 47 percent of Smpson live; 39 percent live in West Africa and 39 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Smpson is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 79 percent live and Lagos, where 21 percent live. Besides Nigeria Smpson exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.

Smpson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Smpson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Smpson last name declined 65 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sımpson921/
Snmpson921/
Simpsson8613/
Simpsonn869/
Simpsion868/
Sinmpson864/
Saempson861/
Simphson860/
Siempson860/
Smpsom831/
Jmpson830/
D'Simpson801/
Jempson77373/
Jimpson7791/
Simpsen7781/
Simpsan7723/
Cimpson7715/
Gimpson776/
Senpson771/
Sempsen770/
Zimpson770/
Jympson770/
Gempshon710/
Thjimpson670/
Jinpson6222/
Jimpsen620/
Jenpson620/
Jeempsom570/

Smpson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Smpson in the Russian language
Смпсонsmpson-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Smpson
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis