Sapiens Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Sapiens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sapiens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico3371:368,3277,582
United States1411:2,570,631155,955
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
France31:22,140,907385,998
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Sapiëns (1) & Sapiéns (1) are calculated separately.

Sapiens (49) may also be a first name.

Sapiens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sapiens has its highest incidence in Mexico. It may also appear as a variant: Sapiëns or Sapiéns. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapiens? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 596,518th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Sapiens live; 90 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Hispano-North America. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 49 people.

Sapiens is most widely held in Mexico, where it is carried by 337 people, or 1 in 368,327. In Mexico it is most prevalent in: Sinaloa, where 66 percent live, Coahuila, where 10 percent live and Baja California, where 8 percent live. Apart from Mexico this last name occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Sapiens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sapiens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sapiens surname rose 7,050 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sapiens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sapiens last name are 35.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.57% being registered with the party.

Sapiens earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.02% more than the national average, earning $44,884 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sapiëns951/
Sapiéns951/
Sapiense939/
Sapins924/
Scapens8695/
Shapins8622/
Sapienz8622/
Zapiens8617/
Sepiens862/
Shapens861/
Scapins861/
Sappens860/
Capiens860/
Sapience8057/
Sapienze801/
Sapijans801/
Zapiensz801/
Sappinse800/
Japins77153/
Capens7752/
Sopins777/
Capins775/
Sepins772/
Japens771/
Chapins7166/
Jappens7127/
Cappens7110/
Shepens715/
Chapens712/
Scepins712/
Zapienz711/
Tjapins711/
Jaspens711/
Seppens710/
Cappins710/
Sopions710/
Jappins710/
Schepens675,429/
Sopiyans6760/
Chappins6745/
Coppiens6720/
Sopns671/
Seyphens671/
Sheppins670/
Cappinns670/
Sheppens670/

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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 Sapiens
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