Gapchia Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Gapchia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gapchia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Niger111:1,744,72934,351

Gapchia (25) may also be a first name.

Gapchia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gapchia occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gapchia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gapchia is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Gapchia is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gapchia are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 25 people.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Gapchia is mostly found in: Yobe, where 96 percent reside and Borno, where 4 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 32 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaptchia9384/
Gabchia8630/
Gabtchia8017/
Goptchia801/
Gapsia772/
Abchia771/
Ngapsia7123/
Habchia711/
Gabsia6229/
Ngabsia5775/
Gabshea5714/
Gabsiah572/
Obcheiya534/
Abchayio531/
Opcea501/

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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 Gapchia
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