Sleepless Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Turkey

Sleepless Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sleepless 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
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371

Sleepless (9) may also be a first name.

Sleepless Last Name Facts

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

Sleepless is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sleepless? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Sleepless live; 25 percent live in North America and 25 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,941,740th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 9 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 80,505,459. In Germany Sleepless is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 100 percent live. Apart from Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent live and Turkey, where 25 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
Sleple800/
Shleple751/
Slepler751/
Sloples750/
Slaples750/
Sleupleu711/
Schlepple6758/
Slepply631/
Cliples631/
Slipler630/
Clipples591/
Gillesple5615/
Gillepple563/
Cleply536/
Clayple501/
Sliploy501/
Clipple500/
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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 Sleepless
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