Lopchan Surname

546,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 586 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Lopchan Surname User-submission:

The surname Lopchan originates from the Tibetan steppe. It is derived from la meaning 'god' and chen meaning 'tiger'. The Lopchan people are associated with the Bon religion.

Lopchan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3521:2,179,16372,775
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Malaysia631:468,16223,720
Nepal321:890,0305,708
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Bhutan201:30,802545
United States111:32,950,812797,015
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
England21:27,859,030389,889
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Lopchan (19) may also be a first name.

Lopchan Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Lopchan originates from the Tibetan steppe. It is derived from la meaning 'god' and chen meaning 'tiger'. The Lopchan people are associated with the Bon religion.

- darshanmonk

Lopchan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lopchan (Tibetan: ལོབ་ཅན།) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lopchan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 546,286th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Lopchan are found; 69 percent are found in South Asia and 66 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 19 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 2,179,163. In India it is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 99 percent reside, Delhi, where 1 percent reside and Nagaland, where 0 percent reside. Other than India this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 13 percent reside and Malaysia, where 11 percent reside.

Lopchan Last Name Statistics demography

Lopchan earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 40.52% less than the national average, earning $25,667 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lopchang936/
Lopchand931/
Lopcan929,002/
Lopchon86382/
Lepchan8620/
Lopkhan8611/
Lapchan865/
Lovchan863/
Lopcean862/
Lophcan861/
Loopchon804/
Lobchang802/
Lopceant801/
Lopsan771,213/
Lopcen772/
Lopjan771/
Lobcan770/
Lapkhan7148/
Lapshan7145/
Lapchon7113/
Lopsang7112/
Labchan718/
Lopsian711/
Liopsan711/
Lobshan711/
Lopsant711/
Lepchon711/
Loopjan711/
Liabchan674/
Lobshang671/

Lopchan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lopchan in the Tibetan language
ལོབ་ཅན།lobchen69.23
ལོབ་ཆེན།lobchen15.38
མ་ཡ་ལོབ་ཆེན་mayalobchen7.69
ལེབ་ཅན།lebchen7.69

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