Sompo Surname
Approximately 15,824 people bear this surname
Sompo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 15,330 | 1:4,819 | 555 |
| Indonesia | 161 | 1:821,424 | 62,240 |
| Tanzania | 120 | 1:441,180 | 30,663 |
| Thailand | 70 | 1:1,009,119 | 153,242 |
| Taiwan | 43 | 1:545,227 | 4,074 |
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Sompo (1,083) may also be a first name.
Sompo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sompo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sompo (Tibetan: གསོམ་པོ།) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sompo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 33,556th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 460,538 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sompo live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 242,643rd most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 1,083 people.
The surname Sompo is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 15,330 people, or 1 in 4,819. Apart from The DR Congo this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sompo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sompo in the Tibetan language | ||
| གསོམ་པོ། | sompo | - |
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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 Sompo
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