Sapia Surname
Approximately 6,241 people bear this surname
Sapia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2,851 | 1:21,451 | 3,733 |
| Argentina | 914 | 1:46,765 | 3,949 |
| United States | 822 | 1:440,948 | 37,906 |
| Brazil | 414 | 1:517,088 | 19,419 |
| Indonesia | 321 | 1:411,991 | 34,761 |
| Germany | 152 | 1:529,641 | 44,407 |
| Papua New Guinea | 147 | 1:55,467 | 7,053 |
| Uruguay | 111 | 1:30,917 | 3,565 |
| France | 101 | 1:657,651 | 84,833 |
| Poland | 85 | 1:447,162 | 46,049 |
| Colombia | 52 | 1:918,732 | 8,918 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Malaysia | 40 | 1:737,356 | 34,564 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 1:1,887,755 | 23,347 |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 1:36,252 | 7,281 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 1:1,590,585 | 18,674 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Sápia (1) are calculated separately.
Sapia (12,890) may also be a first name.
Sapia Demographics
Average Male Sapia Height
172 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sapia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sapia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sapia (Bengali: সফিয়া, Georgian: საფია, Hindi: सपीआ, Oriya: ସପିଆ) occurs in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Sápia. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 78,281st most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,167,689 people. Sapia occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Sapia live; 46 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 46 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 51,598th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 12,890 people.
Sapia is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is held by 2,851 people, or 1 in 21,451. In Italy Sapia is most common in: Calabria, where 56 percent live, Sicily, where 20 percent live and Lombardy, where 7 percent live. Not including Italy this surname occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Sapia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sapia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sapia surname expanded 82,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sapia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sapia surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sapia earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 36.63% more than the national average, earning €41,030 per year; in Colombia they earn 47.31% less than the national average, earning $11,962,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.91% more than the national average, earning $47,857 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.7% more than the national average, earning $56,492 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sapia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sapia in the Georgian language | ||
| საფია | sapia | 97.06 |
| საპია | sapia | 2.94 |
| Sapia in the Oriya language | ||
| ସପିଆ | sapi'a | 75 |
| ସାପିଆ | sapi'a | 25 |
| Sapia in the Bengali language | ||
| সফিয়া | saphiya | 50 |
| সাপিয়া | sapiya | 50 |
| Sapia in the Hindi language | ||
| सपीआ | sapi'a | 50 |
| सपीअ | sapi'a | 50 |
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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 Sapia
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