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 surname Sompho has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sompho? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sompho is the 548,408th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Sompho are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 299,029th most common first name globally It is held by 755 people.
The last name Sompho is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Other than Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 31 percent are found and Taiwan, where 2 percent are found.
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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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