Sapoi Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Sapoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 106 | 1:76,922 | 10,108 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
The alternate forms: Săpoi (46) are calculated separately.
Sapoi (97) may also be a first name.
Sapoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sapoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sapoi (Marathi: सपोई, Oriya: ସାେପାଇ) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Săpoi. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapoi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sapoi is the 1,484,726th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname Sapoi occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Sapoi live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 962,660th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 97 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 76,922. In Papua New Guinea Sapoi is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 57 percent live, Madang, where 31 percent live and Central, where 6 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sapoi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sapoi in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାେପାଇ | saepa'i | - |
| Sapoi in the Marathi language | ||
| सपोई | sapo'i | 50 |
| सापोई | sapo'i | 50 |
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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 Sapoi
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