Dapita Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

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

Dapita Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dapita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines781:1,297,92697,909
Indonesia331:4,007,551204,828
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Dapita (59) may also be a first name.

Dapita Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dapita is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dapita? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,589,322nd most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name Dapita is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Dapita reside; 86 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 60 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 59 people.

This surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 1,297,926. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 69 percent live, Calabarzon, where 19 percent live and National Capital Region, where 5 percent live. Barring The Philippines Dapita occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 26 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dapitas9225/
Dapito831,292/
Depita83803/
Dopita83736/
Dapeta8314/
Dapiti833/
Daputa831/
Dappeta7717/
Dopitas777/
Dappiti774/
Dapetha771/
Daspito771/
Depietta711/
Depito6727/
Dapete6724/
Depeta679/
Dapeti676/
Deputa676/
Dopeta673/
Doppietta671/
Daputo671/

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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 Dapita
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