Letapi Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Letapi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Letapi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1551:297,93518,952
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791

Letapi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Letapi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Letapi is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Letapi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,391,595th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Letapi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Letapi is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 297,935. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Baringo County, where 89 percent live, Laikipia County, where 6 percent live and Nakuru County, where 3 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.

Letapi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Letapi surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lestapi926/
Lestapis865/
Latapi83269/
Letape8316/
Litapi8315/
Latapie772,842/
Lethapa77149/
Lethepi7720/
Lietapa7713/
Letappa778/
Latappi772/
Lettape771/
Lechtape7130/
Lestapys712/
Lehthepi711/
Lattapie710/
Latapy67644/
Litapa6732/
Latapí6716/
Lotepi6711/
Latepi679/
Lotopi676/
Latopi675/
Letopa675/
Latape675/
Lotape675/
Laettapee672/
Letope672/
Leattaper671/
Leattapee671/
Letepe671/

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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 Letapi
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis