Lapita Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Lapita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Lapita (238) may also be a first name.
Lapita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lapita Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lapita (Hindi: लपीता, Oriya: ଲପିତା, Russian: Лапита) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Lapita click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapita? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lapita is the 2,661,929th most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Lapita reside; 60 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 47 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Lapita is also the 580,229th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 238 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 5,289,968. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Bengkulu, where 68 percent are found, West Kalimantan, where 20 percent are found and Jambi, where 8 percent are found. Other than Indonesia it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 11 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lapita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lapita in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲପିତା | lapita | 94.74 |
| ଲପିତାାଇଁ | lapitaa'im | 5.26 |
| Lapita in the Hindi language | ||
| लपीता | lapita | 50 |
| लपिता | lapita | 50 |
| Lapita in the Russian language | ||
| Лапита | lapita | - |
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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 Lapita
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