Garpiya Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Garpiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garpiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3511:504,68025,124
Russia91:16,013,673414,297

Garpiya (186) may also be a first name.

Garpiya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garpiya (Russian: Гарпия) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Garpiya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 785,023rd most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname Garpiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Garpiya reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Garpiya is also the 667,122nd most commonly held first name internationally, held by 186 people.

The surname Garpiya is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 351 people, or 1 in 504,680. In Nigeria Garpiya is most common in: Taraba, where 59 percent live, Yobe, where 12 percent live and Kano, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 3 percent live.

Garpiya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Garpiya last name is primarily Christian (85%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arpiya922/
Arpiyah8618/
Harpiyah8044/
Arpaia773,219/
Arpaya77133/
Garpai7726/
Garpoa7722/
Garpie773/
Garpay772/
Garpoi771/
Garpaa771/
Garpea771/
Gharphaia751/
Orpiyah7112/
Garpaye711/
Garpeah711/
Garpuja711/
Arpay67466/
Arpie67374/
Arpey6796/
Arpai6753/
Arpea6746/
Arpei6729/
Harpijah679/
Arpau672/

Garpiya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Garpiya in the Russian language
Гарпияgarpia-

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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 Garpiya
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