Sapienza Surname

44,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,751 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Malta

Sapienza Surname User-submission:

The Sapienza surname means 'knowledge', 'learning wisdom'.

Sapienza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy7,3061:8,3711,207
United States3,0311:119,58412,810
Argentina4521:94,5657,974
Brazil3271:654,66224,187
Venezuela1131:267,2936,442
France961:691,90387,871
Malta781:5,516371
Canada771:478,51441,057
Australia731:369,80430,692
Switzerland441:186,65716,684
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
England191:2,932,529101,561
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Paraguay161:452,2976,189
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Norway121:428,52437,411
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Sapienza (237) may also be a first name.

Sapienza Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Sapienza surname means 'knowledge', 'learning wisdom'.

- peyton

Sapienza Last Name Facts

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

Sapienza (Russian: Сапиенза) is carried by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapienza? popularity and diffusion

It is the 44,191st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 620,164 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Sapienza reside; 63 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 63 percent reside in Italic Europe. Sapienza is also the 581,650th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 237 people.

Sapienza is most common in Italy, where it is carried by 7,306 people, or 1 in 8,371. In Italy it is most frequent in: Sicily, where 82 percent reside, Basilicata, where 4 percent reside and Lazio, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Italy it occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent reside and Argentina, where 4 percent reside.

Sapienza Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sapienza surname are 3.87% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.1% registered with the political party.

The amount Sapienza earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 36.67% more than the national average, earning €41,041 per year; in Norway they earn 19.62% less than the national average, earning 278,195 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.73% more than the national average, earning $49,072 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.93% less than the national average, earning $47,728 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sapienzia943/
Sapenza9318/
Sapinza933/
Sapiensa8848/
Sapienzi8831/
Sepienza8820/
Sapienzo8816/
Zapienza887/
Sapienca885/
Sapeinza883/
Sapienze881/
Sapiencia82157/
Sapiensia821/
Sapinsa801/
Sapience7557/
Sapienci7523/
Sapiense759/
Sapiência714/
Sapingi67527/
Sapengi675/
Sapinge673/
Sapainchai672/
Sapinji671/
Sopinca671/

Sapienza Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sapienza in the Russian language
Сапиензаsapienza-

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