Sapaye Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Sapaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 78 | 1:2,271,061 | 76,915 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Sapaye (36) may also be a first name.
Sapaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sapaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sapaye (Russian: Сапайе) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,075,631st most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sapaye live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 36 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 2,271,061. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 44 percent live, Ondo, where 31 percent live and Osun, where 18 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sapaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sapaye in the Russian language | ||
| Сапайе | sapaje | - |
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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 Sapaye
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