Arequipa Surname

138,994th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Arequipa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arequipa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador2,2961:6,9281,131
Bolivia4511:23,5401,800
Argentina2611:163,76813,777
Peru1091:291,59711,141
Spain651:719,26231,067
Colombia231:2,077,13412,400
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Arequipa Last Name Facts

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

Arequipa is found most frequently in Ecuador. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Arequipa.

How Common Is The Last Name Arequipa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 138,994th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,264,620 people. The surname Arequipa is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Arequipa are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 89 percent are found in Andean South America.

The last name is most numerous in Ecuador, where it is held by 2,296 people, or 1 in 6,928. In Ecuador Arequipa is primarily concentrated in: Pichincha Province, where 37 percent live, Cotopaxi Province, where 35 percent live and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, where 9 percent live. Outside of Ecuador it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Bolivia, where 14 percent live and Argentina, where 8 percent live.

Arequipa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Arequipa earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 3.22% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,760 per year and in Colombia they earn 26.79% more than the national average, earning $28,785,400 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aroquipa88936/
Ariquipa888/
Aroquipo751/
Arecipo672/
Garikipa637/
Arecippo634/
Arikuppa631/
Garikipai593/
Erikepa534/
Erakipa531/

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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 Arequipa
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