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
The last name Lapita (Hindi: लपीता, Oriya: ଲପିତା, Russian: Лапита) is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lapita click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapita? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Lapita live; 60 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Lapita is also the 580,229th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 238 people.
The last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 5,289,968. In Indonesia Lapita is mostly concentrated in: Bengkulu, where 68 percent are found, West Kalimantan, where 20 percent are found and Jambi, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this surname is found 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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