Sapou Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Sapou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sapou (334) may also be a first name.
Sapou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sapou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sapou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﺑﻮ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapou? popularity and diffusion
Sapou is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Sapou live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 31 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 478,963rd most common first name throughout the world, borne by 334 people.
Sapou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: East Region, where 59 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 34 percent reside and North Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sapou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sapou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﺑﻮ | sabw | - |
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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 Sapou
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