Gap Surname

413,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 842 people bear this surname

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

Gap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gap Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland2281:166,70523,260
Vietnam1931:480,0311,422
Papua New Guinea1321:61,7718,000
India1201:6,392,212146,413
France471:1,413,249138,595
Indonesia381:3,480,242186,493
Taiwan171:1,379,1039,281
Israel151:570,50941,023
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
England11:55,718,059489,080
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1151:436,68431,761

Gap (644) may also be a first name.

Gap Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gap (Hindi: गप, Marathi: गप, Oriya: ଗପ, Russian: Гап, Tibetan: རྒྱལཔོ་) occurs more in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Gap click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gap? popularity and diffusion

Gap is the 413,768th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 8,655,043 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 47 percent of Gap are found; 28 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 27 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 327,600th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 644 people.

It is most frequent in Poland, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 166,705. Excluding Poland this surname is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Vietnam, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside.

Gap Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gap has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Gap last name declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gapp862,984/
Gape861,905/
Gaup86533/
Gasp86463/
Ngap86235/
Gaps86124/
Gaip86101/
Ghap8614/
Gaap8614/
Gapt866/
Gaph865/
Ggap863/
Gadp862/
Gapz862/
Hgap862/
Gapf861/
Kgap861/
Gahp861/
Gatp861/
Gazp861/
Ga80110,240/
Ap8012,228/
Gaspe751,970/
Gaupp751,047/
Gappe75279/
Gaupt75103/
Gahap7588/
Kgape7571/
Gapps7570/
Gaipe7532/
Gadpe7530/
Gaupe7524/
Gapch7514/
Ghape7512/
Ngaip756/
Ghaph756/
Gashp754/
Gasph752/
Gaphe751/
Ghatp751/
Nghap751/
Gaype751/
Gayıp751/
Gapsh751/
Gatpe751/
Kgaps751/
Gasps751/
Gazpe751/
Gatpf751/
Gahdp751/
Gai67366,958/
Gad67170,699/
Gay6788,569/
Gau6782,928/
Nga6761,620/
Gop6755,997/
Gat6721,793/
Gas6710,351/
Ape679,209/
Gah678,258/
Gaj677,908/
Goa677,604/
Gaa676,704/
Asp676,363/
Gha676,336/
Gaz674,726/
Apt672,869/
Gab672,802/
Hap671,770/
Aip671,014/
App67710/
Eap67586/
Aps67460/
Aup67346/
Gav67335/
Aap67284/
Aph67221/
Gapova67217/
Gaş67185/
Gapsch67156/
Azp67127/
Gaï67101/
Gaupås6773/
Ahp6770/
Gaš6755/
Gga6754/
Atp6750/
Kgaupe6750/
Ayp6738/
Gaippe6737/
Adp6736/
Țap6736/
Gaľ6733/
Gaś6722/
Géa6721/
Cga6720/
Kga6717/
Gaddpe6716/
Hga6715/
Gapová6715/
Apf6714/
Ajp6712/
Gahaph6710/
Gaî679/
Gać678/
Apz677/
Gač677/
Abp675/
Gêa673/
Uamgap672/
Qga672/
Gaidpe671/
Gaÿ671/
Gashps671/
A'P671/
Gahape670/

Gap Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gap in the Oriya language
ଗପgapa84.08
ଗପ୍gap10.19
େଗାପegapa5.73
Gap in the Hindi language
गपgapa66.67
गापgapa16.67
गप्gap16.67
Gap in the Marathi language
गपgapa66.67
गेापgeapa33.33
Gap in the Tibetan language
རྒྱལཔོ་gyalpo44.44
རྒྱསཔ་gyaspa22.22
རྒྱལཔ་gyalpa11.11
རྒརཔ་garpa11.11
སྒརཔ་garpa11.11
Gap in the Russian language
Гапgap-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gap
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