Sapele Surname
Approximately 1,447 people bear this surname
Sapele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,212 | 1:146,157 | 9,304 |
| South Africa | 130 | 1:416,752 | 36,221 |
| Zambia | 37 | 1:428,376 | 20,573 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sapele (282) may also be a first name.
Sapele Demographics
Average Sapele Salary in
South Africa
R 97,704
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sapele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sapele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sapele (Arabic: سبيلي, Marathi: सपेले) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 269,724th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,036,314 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sapele reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 527,582nd most frequently held given name internationally, held by 282 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,212 people, or 1 in 146,157. In Nigeria Sapele is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 54 percent live, Bayelsa, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Sapele exists in 13 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 9 percent live and Zambia, where 3 percent live.
Sapele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Sapele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.89% less than the national average, earning R 97,704 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sapele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sapele in the Marathi language | ||
| सपेले | sapele | - |
| Sapele in the Arabic language | ||
| سبيلي | sbyly | - |
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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 Sapele
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