Sapelnyak Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Sapelnyak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sapelnyak Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia281:5,147,252226,919
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Sapelnyak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sapelnyak (Russian: Сапельняк) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapelnyak? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Sapelnyak occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Sapelnyak reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Sapelnyak is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 5,147,252. In Russia Sapelnyak is most numerous in: Rostov Oblast, where 82 percent are found, Lipetsk Oblast, where 14 percent are found and Voronezh Oblast, where 4 percent are found. Besides Russia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sopelnyak89541/
Sapilnyak892/
Sapelnyakova861/
Sopilnyak78435/
Sopelnyakova761/
Sopilniak6717/
Sopelneac672/

Sapelnyak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sapelnyak in the Russian language
Сапельнякsapelnak-

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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 Sapelnyak
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