Sapianu Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sapianu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sapianu 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
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Sapianu (81) may also be a first name.

Sapianu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sapianu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Sapianu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapianu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sapianu is the 2,746,821st most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sapianu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sapianu is also the 1,068,082nd most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 81 people.

Sapianu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 27 percent live, Kaduna, where 16 percent live and Zamfara, where 16 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 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
Sapianou9334/
Saphianu936/
Sapianus932/
Sappianu931/
Sepianu8613/
Sapeanu861/
Sopianu861/
Sephianu803/
Sophianu803/
Sapyanou801/
Soupianou7593/
Sophianou7526/
Souphianou711/
Soupyanou631/
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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 Sapianu
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