Lapah Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Lapah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 160 | 1:129,807 | 14,666 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lapah (31) may also be a first name.
Lapah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lapah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lapah is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,202,518th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Lapah are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 81 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Lapah is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 31 people.
Lapah is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 129,807. In Cameroon Lapah is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 56 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 26 percent are found and Centre Region, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Lapah
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