Sarapuu

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries

/ˈsɑrɑpuː/(recorded in a dictionary) Estonian · from Wiktionary

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Sarapuu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country: 498 people, counted by the Statistics Estonia, which ranks it 70th.

  • EEEstonia1 in 2.5K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 35K
  • SESweden1 in 1.5M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Estonia (measured from records)

498 people

Record sources
39 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

How to pronounce Sarapuu

  • Estonian:/ˈsɑrɑpuː/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
  • Finnish:/sɑrɑpu/(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where the surname Sarapuu is found

(measured from records)

Sarapuu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sarapuu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EE Estonia#544981 in 2.5K498Sarapuu39
FI Finland—1571 in 35K157Sarapuu5
GH Ghana—≈36 est.≈1 in 945K—Sarapuu3
AU Australia—≈13 est.≈1 in 2M—Sarapuu20
DE Germany—≈10 est.≈1 in 8.4M—Sarapuu4
SE Sweden—71 in 1.5M7—1

498 people counted by Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Sarapuu is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Estonia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Сарапуу

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
19201930194019501960Ortvin Sarapu, b. 1924Arvo Sarapuu, b. 1953Kersti Sarapuu, b. 1954
  • Ortvin Sarapub. 1924EEnot in their usual nameEstonian–New Zealand chess player (1924-1999)
  • Arvo Sarapuub. 1953EEEstonian politician (1953-2020)
  • Kersti Sarapuub. 1954EEEstonian politician (born 1954)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalLugupeetud Sarapuu,Dear Sarapuu, (English)
InformalLugupeetud Sarapuu,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

9 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Sarapuu?
It depends on the language: in Estonian /ˈsɑrɑpuː/ (Wiktionary); in Finnish /sɑrɑpu/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Sarapuu?
In Estonia, the national register counted about 498 people named Sarapuu, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sarapuu. After it come Finland, Ghana, Australia and Germany; the country table on this page ranks them.
Where is Sarapuu most common?
Sarapuu is densest in Estonia, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.5 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Sarapuu?
In Estonia, the national register counted 498 people named Sarapuu, about 1 in 2.5 thousand residents.
How common is Sarapuu compared with other names?
In Estonia, Sarapuu is the 54th most common surname of 37,297 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sarapuu” — ranked 70th in Estonia (Statistics Estonia). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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