Lapeña Surname
Approximately 5,606 people bear this surname
Lapeña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 3,236 | 1:31,285 | 4,562 |
| Spain | 2,242 | 1:20,853 | 2,276 |
| Argentina | 87 | 1:491,304 | 36,372 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
The alternate forms: Lapena (868) are calculated separately.
Lapeña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lapeña Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lapeña is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Lapena. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lapeña.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapeña? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 85,981st most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,299,955 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 58 percent of Lapeña are found; 58 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 58 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
Lapeña is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 3,236 people, or 1 in 31,285. In The Philippines Lapeña is primarily concentrated in: Ilocos, where 37 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 14 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 11 percent reside. Other than The Philippines Lapeña occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 40 percent reside and Argentina, where 2 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 Lapeña
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