Sapaw Surname

691,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Sapaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sapaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo4201:17,2575,159
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Sapaw (23) may also be a first name.

Sapaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sapaw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺒﺎﻭ) occurs more in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapaw? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 691,116th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 17,026,976 people. Sapaw occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sapaw reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sapaw is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 23 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Togo, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Outside of Togo Sapaw exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

Sapaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sapaw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sapaw last name decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shapaw914/
Saypaw914/
Saepaw911/
Sapauw911/
Sapow809/
Sapav807/
Sopaw806/
Sepaw802/
Sapova732,580/
Saepow7365/
Shapow7359/
Saphow7325/
Saipab739/
Sapatv735/
Sapowa735/
Sapavt734/
Saipow734/
Sapaph733/
Chapaw733/
Jaipaw732/
Shapav732/
Seapow731/
Seepaw731/
Saypow731/
Sapaib731/
Soipaw731/
Siepaw731/
Siopaw731/
Saipova6711,591/
Shapova67421/
Shapowe67195/
Jaipeaw6719/
Saypova6714/
Saiphab6711/
Saaipav6711/
Schapow678/
Chaipaw673/
Saphabh673/
Saepouw671/
Shoppaw671/
Jospaws671/
Sapgova671/
Saupabh671/
Saephav671/
Sapauph671/
Sophawt671/
Caipeaw671/
Szapova671/
Cappeaw670/

Sapaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sapaw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﺒﺎﻭsbaw50
ﺳﺒﺎﻭsbaw50

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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 Sapaw
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