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In the Finnish mythology (see Kalevala), the sampo is a mysterious magical artefact created by Ilmarinen, but noone knows for sure what it is. Some suggestions concerning the origin and meaning of the name include:
1) Slovenian sam bog = 'god itself'
2) Tibetan sampo or sangfu/sangphu = 'temple'
3) Tibetan samomol = 'self-milling'
4) Old Norse sam-bú = 'shared economy'
Sampo | ♂ |
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Finland |
3 April |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Finland[1] |
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n.a. |
3766 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
3766 |
Sweden[2] |
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19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30 |
Denmark[3] |
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2 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
2 | n.a. |
Norway[4] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Greenland[5] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Sampo.