Gapua Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Liberia

Gapua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gapua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gapua (46) may also be a first name.

Gapua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gapua (Hindi: गपुआ) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gapua? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gapua is the 5,812,366th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Gapua live; 45 percent live in South Asia and 45 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 46 people.

The surname Gapua is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Gapua is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 80 percent are found and Bihar, where 20 percent are found. Outside of India this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 27 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gapfua911/
Apua8911,889/
Ngampua831/
Gabua80998/
Gavua80494/
Apuad80180/
Apuas8040/
Gapwa8038/
Hapua8033/
Aupua8014/
Ampua8013/
Anpua8011/
Appua807/
Apuaa803/
Apuat803/
Aipua801/
Apfua801/
Aspua801/
Gapuo801/
Gabuat732,886/
Ngabua73937/
Gabuay73778/
Ampuea7352/
Hampua738/
Easpua734/
Ahpuat733/
Gabuad733/
Apuhat733/
Gapwou732/
Gapwah732/
Gabuah731/
Appuea731/
Haapua731/
Ajpuat731/
Gaubba731/
Abua6710,618/
Opua67976/
Avua67335/
Apwa67302/
Apuo6757/
Haapuea6749/
Ngampwa6741/
Anphuea677/
Ngapwou672/
Ngabuah671/
Ngopuah671/
Gabuhat671/
Gabuhay671/

Gapua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gapua in the Hindi language
गपुआgapu'a92.86
गपूआgapu'a7.14

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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 Gapua
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