Lapa Surname
Approximately 28,863 people bear this surname
Lapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 7,149 | 1:4,446 | 728 |
| India | 4,459 | 1:172,026 | 10,618 |
| Brazil | 4,302 | 1:49,762 | 1,929 |
| Portugal | 2,651 | 1:3,930 | 456 |
| Russia | 2,138 | 1:67,410 | 8,748 |
| Ukraine | 2,048 | 1:22,228 | 3,133 |
| Philippines | 1,041 | 1:97,251 | 16,937 |
| Papua New Guinea | 936 | 1:8,711 | 675 |
| Thailand | 636 | 1:111,067 | 16,290 |
| United States | 518 | 1:699,728 | 55,357 |
| Cameroon | 403 | 1:51,536 | 6,738 |
| Indonesia | 310 | 1:426,610 | 35,763 |
| Latvia | 203 | 1:10,099 | 1,482 |
| Belarus | 196 | 1:48,475 | 8,271 |
| Turkey | 189 | 1:411,754 | 24,802 |
| Albania | 154 | 1:18,922 | 3,274 |
| Romania | 149 | 1:134,751 | 14,596 |
| France | 138 | 1:481,324 | 67,982 |
| Argentina | 110 | 1:388,576 | 29,949 |
| El Salvador | 105 | 1:60,418 | 1,363 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Italy | 102 | 1:599,575 | 55,635 |
| Greece | 96 | 1:115,414 | 19,400 |
| Kazakhstan | 89 | 1:198,680 | 18,516 |
| Uganda | 66 | 1:591,504 | 31,661 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Australia | 51 | 1:529,327 | 39,816 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Mexico | 35 | 1:3,546,463 | 24,778 |
| Estonia | 35 | 1:37,766 | 7,217 |
| Austria | 30 | 1:283,848 | 32,444 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Solomon Islands | 27 | 1:21,483 | 4,219 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Moldova | 11 | 1:323,761 | 25,884 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Transnistria | 4 | 1:118,675 | 12,470 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Lapá (2) are calculated separately.
Lapa (7,209) may also be a first name.
Lapa Demographics
Average Male Lapa Height
174.55 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lapa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻻﺑﻪ, Hindi: लप, Marathi: लापा, Oriya: ଲପ, Russian: Лапа) is more frequently found in Peru than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Lapá. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 19,049th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 252,487 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Lapa are found; 40 percent are found in South America and 25 percent are found in Andean South America. It is also the 76,132nd most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 7,209 people.
This surname is most common in Peru, where it is borne by 7,149 people, or 1 in 4,446. In Peru it is most numerous in: Ayacucho Region, where 36 percent live, Lima Province, where 28 percent live and Junín Region, where 16 percent live. Aside from Peru it occurs in 76 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live and Brazil, where 15 percent live.
Lapa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lapa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 25,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lapa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Orthodox (90%) in Belarus, Orthodox (75%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (76%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Lapa last name are 0.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.33% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lapa earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 20.89% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,336 per year; in South Africa they earn 16.87% less than the national average, earning R 197,556 per year; in United States they earn 3.26% more than the national average, earning $44,556 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.94% more than the national average, earning $54,623 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lapa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻻﺑﻪ | labh | - |
| Lapa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲପ | lapa | 57.14 |
| ଲାପା | lapa | 23.81 |
| ଲପା | lapa | 14.29 |
| େଲାପ | elapa | 4.76 |
| Lapa in the Hindi language | ||
| लप | lapa | 50 |
| लापा | lapa | 44.44 |
| लपा | lapa | 5.56 |
| Lapa in the Marathi language | ||
| लापा | lapa | 50 |
| लपा | lapa | 50 |
| Lapa in the Russian language | ||
| Лапа | lapa | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Lapa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis