Sapulani Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Sapulani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sapulani Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Sapulani (14) may also be a first name.

Sapulani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sapulani is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sapulani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,088,856th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname Sapulani occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sapulani live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.

The last name is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Besides Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sapulangi9438/
Sappulani9417/
Shapulani9411/
Saipulani943/
Saphulani941/
Sappulaini894/
Sapulana8888/
Sapulane889/
Saphulana8264/
Saphulane827/
Chapulani821/
Sapholani821/
Sapolana750/
Sapholane7127/
Seipulane711/
Sophulana711/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sapulani
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