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་) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sompa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 42,686th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 597,340 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Sompa live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sompa is also the 29,251st most prevalent given name on earth, held by 28,189 people.
The last name Sompa is most numerous in Bangladesh, where it is held by 7,209 people, or 1 in 22,105. Besides Bangladesh this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.
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
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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 Sompa
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