Gapaya Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Gapaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Gapaya (13) may also be a first name.
Gapaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gapaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gapaya (Oriya: ଗପାୟା) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gapaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. Gapaya is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Gapaya live; 83 percent live in Central Africa and 83 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
The last name Gapaya is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 273,277. In Cameroon Gapaya is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 54 percent live, Littoral Region, where 26 percent live and West Region, where 12 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 10 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gapaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gapaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗପାୟା | gapaya | 66.67 |
| େଗାପାୟା | egapaya | 33.33 |
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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 Gapaya
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