Gapira Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Gapira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gapira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gapira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gapira is carried by more people in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gapira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gapira is the 3,055,934th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. Gapira is predominantly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Gapira are found; 41 percent are found in East Africa and 41 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Rwanda, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 710,311. Besides Rwanda it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live.
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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 Gapira
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