Sapsted Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Sapsted Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sapsted Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:2,228,72284,230
Wales41:773,63329,106
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Sapsted Last Name Facts

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

Sapsted is found most in England. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sapsted.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapsted? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,665,662nd most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Sapsted is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sapsted are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,228,722. In England it is mostly found in: Essex, where 36 percent are found, East Sussex, where 28 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 20 percent are found. Excluding England it exists in one country. It also occurs in Wales, where 14 percent are found.

Sapsted Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sapsted has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Sapsted last name grew 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sapstead93114/
Sepstead8011/
Savstedt802/
Shepsted800/
Shepstead7524/
Sheepsted750/
Schepsted750/
Copstead6731/
Sebstead6714/
Satpsthi671/
Shebsted670/
Sabsti621/

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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 Sapsted
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