Garapu Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Garapu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garapu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1641:4,677,228120,006
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Garapu (25) may also be a first name.

Garapu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garapu (Marathi: गरपु, Oriya: ଗରପୁ) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garapu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,305,105th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Garapu live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 25 people.

Garapu is most frequent in India, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 4,677,228. In India Garapu is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 93 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 7 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Other than India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngarapu9216/
Garrapu9214/
Gatrapu9214/
Gaarapu9210/
Gaurapu924/
Garaapu924/
Gargapu924/
Garhapu923/
Garapau921/
Garabpu921/
Arapu911,333/
Gaaraapu863/
Gajjrapu861/
Ngarappu861/
Harapu83406/
Atrapu8363/
Gorapu8327/
Ajrapu8321/
Araipu8319/
Aurapu8313/
Arrapu8312/
Airapu838/
Arapou836/
Aarapu835/
Garopu834/
Araupu834/
Araphu834/
Araput832/
Arappu831/
Earapu831/
Garepu831/
Ahrapu831/
Asrapu831/
Areapu831/
Garraputp801/
Adtrapu7716/
Gourapu7714/
Athrapu778/
Aatrapu778/
Ajjrapu775/
Gorrapu774/
Arapuis771/
Aaraapu771/
Gorappu771/
Gotrapu771/
Aropu7349/
Orapu736/
Aggirapu717/
Ghorapau715/
Gouraapu714/
Gherapou713/
Haropu6728/
Gerepu6721/
Aropuu6712/
Orapuu6711/
Orapau676/
Eirapu673/
Osrapu673/
Gorepu672/
Aropou671/
Arapoo671/
Aggirrapu671/

Garapu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Garapu in the Oriya language
ଗରପୁgarapu-
Garapu in the Marathi language
गरपुgarapu66.67
गारपुgarapu33.33

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Garapu
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