Sapoan Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Sapoan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sapoan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia5021:263,44523,866
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Sapoan (1,676) may also be a first name.

Sapoan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sapoan is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sapoan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapoan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 592,650th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,854,650 people. The last name Sapoan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sapoan live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sapoan is also the 188,032nd most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 1,676 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 502 people, or 1 in 263,445. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 99 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 3 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sapoean9214/
Sapuoane8640/
Saphoand865/
Capoan8319/
Sepoan838/
Shahpohan806/
Chapoan7731/
Sophoan778/
Capouan771/
Sapauan771/
Sapouam771/
Japoang771/
Chapouan7116/
Soupoang711/
Sopoyian711/
Chapoann711/
Saephaon711/
Chapouand6710/
Chopoan6214/
Sophaon625/
Sapaoum621/
Sopouam621/
Japaong621/
Zopoyean572/
Sopohong571/
Soupouam571/
Sophaosin539/
Chaipahon534/
Chatpahon532/

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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 Sapoan
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