Sapania Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Sapania Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
Sapania (60) may also be a first name.
Sapania Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sapania Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sapania (Georgian: საფანია) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapania? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Sapania are found; 86 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 86 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 60 people.
The last name Sapania is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea Sapania is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 72 percent live and Gulf, where 28 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sapania Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sapania in the Georgian language | ||
| საფანია | sapania | - |
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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 Sapania
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