Bapka Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bapka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bapka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea461:177,25524,620
Indonesia271:4,898,118234,077
Greece171:651,75273,285
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Benin51:2,067,12068,069
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bapka (72) may also be a first name.

Bapka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bapka (Russian: Бапка) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bapka.

How Common Is The Last Name Bapka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,666,404th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 61 percent of Bapka are found; 61 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 61 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Bapka is also the 1,143,416th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 72 people.

The surname Bapka is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 177,255. In Papua New Guinea Bapka is most prevalent in: Chimbu, where 93 percent are found and Jiwaka, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and Greece, where 14 percent are found.

Bapka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bapka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bapka surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bapkas9193/
Beapka911/
Babka802,700/
Bapkó809/
Bapke805/
Bapko802/
Bapki801/
Bepka801/
Bapkit7330/
Bhabka7310/
Babhka732/
Mpapka732/
Babkah731/
Boepka731/
Babkaa731/
Badpke731/
Bapkee730/
Bapkhot67225/
Bhapker675/
Baipeke672/

Bapka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bapka in the Russian language
Бапкаbapka-

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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 Bapka
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