Sapho Surname
Approximately 591 people bear this surname
Sapho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 525 | 1:103,196 | 12,480 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Sapho (339) may also be a first name.
Sapho Demographics
Average Sapho Salary in
United States
$16,775 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sapho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sapho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sapho (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﻮ, Hindi: सफो, Marathi: साफू, Oriya: ସାହା) is found most in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapho? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 542,751st most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 12,330,873 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sapho reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sapho is also the 474,488th most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 339 people.
The surname Sapho is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 525 people, or 1 in 103,196. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent live and North West, where 7 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
Sapho Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sapho has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 183 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sapho Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sapho earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 53.4% less than the national average, earning R 110,748 per year and in United States they earn 61.12% less than the national average, earning $16,775 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sapho Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sapho in the Hindi language | ||
| सफो | sapho | - |
| Sapho in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହା | saha | - |
| Sapho in the Marathi language | ||
| साफू | saphu | - |
| Sapho in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻔﻮ | sfw | 75 |
| ﺻﻔﻮﺍ | sfwa | 25 |
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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 Sapho
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