Sewpaul Surname

570,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 553 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Sewpaul Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sewpaul Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3741:144,86016,543
Mauritius1081:11,9762,596
United States291:12,498,584473,286
England201:2,785,90397,972
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Guyana101:76,2225,818
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Sewpaul (46) may also be a first name.

Sewpaul Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sewpaul is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sewpaul? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sewpaul is the 570,540th most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 13,178,202 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Sewpaul live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 46 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 374 people, or 1 in 144,860. In South Africa Sewpaul is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 79 percent are found, Gauteng, where 10 percent are found and Western Cape, where 9 percent are found. Other than South Africa Sewpaul occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Sewpaul Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sewpaul last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sewpaul earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.03% more than the national average, earning R 342,276 per year; in United States they earn 33.2% more than the national average, earning $57,475 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.45% less than the national average, earning $40,518 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shewpaul931/
Sewpal92686/
Sewpall8618/
Shewpal867/
Sewppal861/
Shiwpaul809/
Sowpal7722/
Shewpahal751/
Shiwpal7173/
Scheffpaul711/
Shefpul710/
Shivpaul6719/
Shaiwpal671/
Shivpal5740/
Shivpatil502/
Shivpahal501/

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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 Sewpaul
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