Sapiyan Surname

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

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sapiyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sapiyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia381:776,16436,096
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Sapiyan (155) may also be a first name.

Sapiyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sapiyan (Hindi: सपीयन) is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapiyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sapiyan is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sapiyan reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 738,219th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 155 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 776,164. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Kelantan, where 29 percent live, Selangor, where 29 percent live and Sarawak, where 18 percent live. Other than Malaysia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 20 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sapiyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sapiyan in the Hindi language
सपीयनsapiyana30
सपीयाँsapiyam10
सापीयनsapiyana10
सपियानsapiyana10
सापियांsapiyam10
सपियाँsapiyam10
सपीयांsapiyam10
सपियनsapiyana10

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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 Sapiyan
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