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
Sapele (Arabic: سبيلي, Marathi: सपेले) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 269,724th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,036,314 people. Sapele is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sapele are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 527,582nd most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 282 people.
The last name Sapele is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,212 people, or 1 in 146,157. In Nigeria Sapele is most numerous in: Delta, where 54 percent live, Bayelsa, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 9 percent live and Zambia, where 3 percent live.
Sapele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sapele last name is chiefly 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
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- 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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