Atapo Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Atapo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 197 | 1:899,202 | 39,032 |
| French Polynesia | 104 | 1:2,700 | 546 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Atapo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atapo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Atapo is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Atapo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 761,666th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Atapo reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 197 people, or 1 in 899,202. In Nigeria Atapo is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 89 percent live, Benue, where 3 percent live and Ekiti, where 3 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in French Polynesia, where 28 percent live and Uganda, where 14 percent live.
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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 Atapo
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