Lupapa Surname

289,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,323 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lupapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lupapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5731:92,3949,247
DR Congo3691:200,21619,970
Malawi3141:54,5197,527
Zambia451:352,22018,524
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lupapa (42) may also be a first name.

Lupapa Last Name Facts

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

Lupapa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lupapa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lupapa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lupapa is the 289,639th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,508,349 people. Lupapa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lupapa reside; 43 percent reside in East Africa and 43 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 42 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 573 people, or 1 in 92,394. In Tanzania Lupapa is most frequent in: Lindi Region, where 82 percent are found, Mtwara Region, where 16 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 28 percent are found and Malawi, where 24 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laupapa9225/
Lupapay922/
Luphapha862/
Lipapa83515/
Lupapi83186/
Lupepa83136/
Lupopa8369/
Lupape8311/
Laupepa7741/
Liepapa777/
Lipappa777/
Liphapa771/
Louppape712/
Lupopo67563/
Lupepo67450/
Lipapo673/
Lupope671/
Loupopi624/
Lipapou622/
Luphepha5750/
Luphopho571/
Loupoupou538/
Lipepo50554/
Lipopo50235/
Lipopa50116/
Lipepa5068/
Liphauphau5041/

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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 Lupapa
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