Galapa Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Galapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 128 | 1:123,828 | 9,362 |
| Pakistan | 41 | 1:4,357,168 | 30,068 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Galapa (979) may also be a first name.
Galapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galapa (Hindi: गलापा, Marathi: गलपा, Oriya: ଗାଲାପ, Russian: Галапа) is found most in Zambia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galapa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Galapa is the 1,009,375th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Galapa live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 257,484th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 979 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 123,828. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 61 percent are found and Southern Province, where 39 percent are found. Not including Zambia this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galapa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଲାପ | galapa | - |
| Galapa in the Hindi language | ||
| गलापा | galapa | 96.15 |
| गलपा | galapa | 3.85 |
| Galapa in the Marathi language | ||
| गलपा | galapa | 85.71 |
| लापा | lapa | 14.29 |
| Galapa in the Russian language | ||
| Галапа | galapa | - |
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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 Galapa
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