Sompho Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Sompho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Thailand | 182 | 1:388,123 | 68,124 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
Sompho (755) may also be a first name.
Sompho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sompho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sompho occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sompho.
How Common Is The Last Name Sompho? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 548,408th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,500,079 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Sompho live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sompho is also the 299,029th most widely held given name on earth It is held by 755 people.
This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Apart from Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 31 percent live and Taiwan, where 2 percent live.
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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 Sompho
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