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.

DNA test information

Gapchia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

Gapchia is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gapchia? popularity and diffusion

Gapchia is the 3,373,373rd most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gapchia reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gapchia is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held forename throughout the world It is held by 25 people.

It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 96 percent live and Borno, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 32 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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