Dapya Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Dapya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dapya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Dapya (10) may also be a first name.

Dapya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dapya is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dapya? popularity and diffusion

Dapya is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Dapya occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Dapya reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dapya is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous given name globally It is held by 10 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Dapya is mostly found in: Nasarawa, where 75 percent live and Plateau, where 25 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daphya9110/
Dapyah911/
Daupya911/
Dapuyea831/
Dapyatt831/
Dapia80475/
Dapea8033/
Dapía807/
Depya802/
Dapiap7367/
Dapias7340/
Dapiah7322/
Deepya735/
Deapea732/
Dappia731/
Daypea731/
Dapiaz731/
Daupia731/
Datpia731/
Dahpiah6717/
Daipias674/
Daupias673/
Dauphia673/
Daipiaz671/
Dapieah671/
Dopayya671/

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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 Dapya
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