Tompane Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tompane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tompane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2151:251,98925,579
United States291:12,498,584473,286
England21:27,859,030389,889
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

The alternate forms: Tompáné (1) are calculated separately.

Tompane (40) may also be a first name.

Tompane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tompane is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Tompáné. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tompane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,022,958th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname Tompane occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Tompane are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most numerous forename in the world, held by 40 people.

The surname Tompane is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 251,989. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 61 percent reside, Gauteng, where 30 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent reside. Not including South Africa Tompane occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Tompane Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tompane are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tompane earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.2% less than the national average, earning R 144,480 per year and in United States they earn 18.61% more than the national average, earning $51,181 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Tompane
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