Dapaye Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Dapaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 131 | 1:33,653 | 3,147 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dapaye (12) may also be a first name.
Dapaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dapaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dapaye is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dapaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,558,593rd most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. Dapaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dapaye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 12 people.
The last name Dapaye is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 33,653. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 50 percent are found, Sinoe County, where 31 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Dapaye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis