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
The surname Lapah occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,202,518th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Lapah reside; 82 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 31 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 129,807. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 56 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 26 percent reside and Centre Region, where 10 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Lapah is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
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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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