Sapawa Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sapawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sapawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578

Sapawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sapawa is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sapawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapawa? popularity and diffusion

Sapawa is the 3,141,416th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 54 percent of Sapawa reside; 54 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 46 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Sapawa is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea Sapawa is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Sapawa occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 38 percent live and Malaysia, where 15 percent live.

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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 Sapawa
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