Lapau Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Lapau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Lapau (87) may also be a first name.
Lapau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lapau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lapau (Hindi: लपाऊ) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,701,480th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Lapau live; 74 percent live in Southeast Asia and 74 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 87 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 1,973,869. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Riau, where 33 percent reside, North Sumatra, where 27 percent reside and West Sumatra, where 19 percent reside. Not including Indonesia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside and Malaysia, where 16 percent reside.
Lapau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lapau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lapau last name fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lapau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lapau in the Hindi language | ||
| लपाऊ | lapa'u | - |
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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
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- 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 Lapau
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