Sarapuu
surname · Latin script
Sarapuu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country, where it is the 54th most common surname.
- EEEstonia1 in 2.5K(measured from records)
- FIFinland1 in 35K
- GHGhana≈1 in 1.1M
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)
- Sources
- 39 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
498 people
Highest-authority source
Estonia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
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 in the world(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.
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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ortvin Sarapub. 1924EEnot in their usual nameEstonian–New Zealand chess player (1924-1999)
- Lembit Sarapuub. 1928EEEstonian biologist (1928–1975)
- Lembit Sarapuub. 1930EEEstonian artist (1930-2024)
- Ülo Sarapuub. 1937EEEstonian figure skater and coach (1937-2019)
- Hille Sarapuub. 1937EEEstonian speed skater, cyclist and motorcycle rider (born 1937)
- Aleksander Sarapuub. 1941EEEstonian singer (1941-2009)
- Heidi Sarapuub. 1944EEEstonian playwright and screenwriter (born 1944)
- Arvo Sarapuub. 1953EEEstonian politician (1953-2020)
- Kersti Sarapuub. 1954EEEstonian politician (born 1954)
- Lembit SarapuuEEEstonian actor (fl. 2006)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register) | — | 498 | #70 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 498 | #52 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 480 | #66 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 157 | #9,022 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 7 | #48,813 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Sarapuu have the most bearers?
- 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.
- 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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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sarapuuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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” — the 54th most common surname in Estonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.