Sakapalu Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Sakapalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 94 | 1:168,616 | 11,729 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sakapalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakapalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sakapalu is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakapalu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,871,545th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Sakapalu is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sakapalu reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 168,616. In Zambia Sakapalu is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 80 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent live and Western Province, where 1 percent live. Besides Zambia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siakapalu | 94 | 39 | / |
| Sakapalau | 94 | 1 | / |
| Shakapalu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sakepalu | 88 | 2 | / |
| Sakapolu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shakepalu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shakepallu | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sakopoulou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sakkopoulou | 63 | 86 | / |
| Zakopoulou | 56 | 62 | / |
| Sokopoulou | 56 | 4 | / |
| Sekopoulou | 56 | 1 | / |
| Giakopoulou | 53 | 16 | / |
| Ziakopoulou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Jacobpaulus | 53 | 1 | / |
| Giagkopoulou | 50 | 20 | / |
| Chaskopoulou | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Sakapalu
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