Sapelson Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Sapelson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sapelson 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
Finland71:785,24338,644
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Sapelson Last Name Facts

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

Sapelson (Russian: Сапельсон) is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sapelson.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapelson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sapelson is the 6,360,413th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sapelson reside; 89 percent reside in Northern Europe and 78 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly used in Finland, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 785,243. In Finland Sapelson is primarily concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 100 percent live. Barring Finland it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 11 percent live and Russia, where 11 percent live.

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
Sapelsone941/
Capelson8819/
Cappelson8212/
Coppelson713/
Cappleson711/
Copelzon639/
Capeljan632/
Saplecan631/
Coppleson5928/
Coppeljohn561/

Sapelson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sapelson in the Russian language
Сапельсонsapelson-

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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 Sapelson
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