Luapa Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Luapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Luapa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Luapa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luapa is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Luapa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Luapa is the 3,432,070th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Luapa live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Beside The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside and Angola, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luappah831/
Luopa80199/
Luapo8040/
Luape8026/
Lwapa8010/
Luapi805/
Luopas732/
Luopai731/
Luhapi731/
Luaphis671/
Lvahapa671/
Luopaitė624/
Lwapi6022/
Lwape605/
Lwapo601/
Luopo601/
Luopea5516/
Luopio559/
Luopou558/
Lwaphe554/
Luopei551/
Luopuo551/
Lwaiphi501/
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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 Luapa
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