Sápos Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Sápos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sápos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia141:381,17550,143
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617

The alternate forms: Sapos (106), Sápoš (6), Šápos (1), Šápoš (14) & Šapoš (12) are calculated separately.

Sápos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sápos is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Sapos, Sápoš, Šápos, Šápoš or Šapoš. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sápos? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sápos is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sápos are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Slovakia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 381,175. In Slovakia Sápos is mostly found in: Košice Region, where 93 percent live and Banská Bystrica Region, where 7 percent live. Not including Slovakia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Hungary, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sapos93106/
Sápoš936/
Šápos931/
Šápoš8714/
Šapoš8012/
Sopos809/
Sáposová772/
Szopos73309/
Sapois73197/
Sophos73126/
Soupos7377/
Saphos7352/
Saposh7344/
Shapos7333/
Seipos7319/
Sopose7310/
Siapos734/
Scopos734/
Sapoes733/
Sapose732/
Sopots731/
Sapous731/
Sopo673,537/
Sapo673,383/
Seapose6796/
Shaposh677/
Siahpos672/
Shaposs671/

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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 Sápos
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