Sompa Surname
Approximately 12,200 people bear this surname
Sompa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 7,209 | 1:22,105 | 1,538 |
| Indonesia | 2,389 | 1:55,358 | 6,133 |
| South Africa | 934 | 1:58,006 | 7,355 |
| DR Congo | 794 | 1:93,047 | 10,554 |
| Zambia | 446 | 1:35,538 | 3,583 |
| Congo | 137 | 1:36,417 | 3,514 |
| Niger | 131 | 1:146,504 | 5,405 |
| Tanzania | 53 | 1:998,898 | 45,319 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Sompa (28,189) may also be a first name.
Sompa Demographics
Average Sompa Salary in
South Africa
R 163,284
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sompa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sompa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sompa (Hindi: सोम्पा, Oriya: େଶାମପା, Tibetan: སོམ་པ་) occurs more in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sompa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,686th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 597,340 people. Sompa is predominantly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Sompa are found; 59 percent are found in South Asia and 59 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 29,251st most numerous first name in the world It is held by 28,189 people.
The last name is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 7,209 people, or 1 in 22,105. Barring Bangladesh this last name occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and South Africa, where 8 percent are found.
Sompa Last Name Statistics demography
Sompa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.29% less than the national average, earning R 163,284 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sompa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sompa in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོམ་པ་ | sompa | - |
| Sompa in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶାମପା | esamapa | - |
| Sompa in the Hindi language | ||
| सोम्पा | sompa | 67.35 |
| सोमपा | somapa | 20.41 |
| सोंपा | sompa | 8.16 |
| सोंप | sompa | 2.04 |
| सोमापाल | somapala | 2.04 |
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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 Sompa
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