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/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sompo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 33,556th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held 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. Sompo is also the 242,643rd most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,083 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 15,330 people, or 1 in 4,819. Besides The DR Congo this surname exists in 23 countries. It also occurs 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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