Gapes Surname
Approximately 733 people bear this surname
Gapes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 542 | 1:49,808 | 6,201 |
| New Zealand | 137 | 1:33,053 | 5,740 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 59 | 1:413,142 | 24,536 |
Gapes (17) may also be a first name.
Gapes Demographics
Gapes Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Gapes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gapes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gapes is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gapes? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gapes is the 460,648th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,942,082 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Gapes are found; 93 percent are found in Australasia and 93 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Gapes is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used given name globally, held by 17 people.
It is most widespread in Australia, where it is held by 542 people, or 1 in 49,808. In Australia it is primarily found in: Victoria, where 86 percent live, New South Wales, where 7 percent live and Queensland, where 6 percent live. Other than Australia this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 19 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
Gapes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gapes has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Gapes surname declined 59 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gapes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gapes last name is chiefly Anglican (67%) in Ireland.
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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 Gapes
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