Lapoa Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Lapoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Lapoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lapoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lapoa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapoa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Lapoa live; 58 percent live in Oceania Islands and 58 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Lapoa is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.
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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 Lapoa
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