Sumpson Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Portugal

Sumpson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sumpson Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Sumpson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sumpson Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sumpson is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumpson? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Sumpson live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Sumpson is most prevalent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Germany, where 11 percent reside.

Sumpson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sumpson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sumpson surname fell 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sumpsion930/
Soumpson930/
Cumpson86296/
Sompson8635/
Sunpson860/
Cumpsion801/
Shompson801/
Jumpsen7133/
Cimpson7115/
Sonpson7113/
Cumpsen710/
Cumbson710/
Cumpsan710/
Junpson710/
Joonpson530/
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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 Sumpson
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