Lápis Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Lápis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lápis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

The alternate forms: Lapis (2,288) & Lapiš (120) are calculated separately.

Lápis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lápis is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Lapis or Lapiš. For other possible spellings of Lápis click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lápis? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lápis is the 7,593,402nd most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Lápis are found; 67 percent are found in South America and 67 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil Lápis is mostly concentrated in: Rio de Janeiro, where 75 percent are found and São Paulo, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Brazil it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 17 percent are found and Portugal, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lapis932,288/
Lapiš87120/
Lopis805,428/
Lápiz803/
Llopis7314,385/
Liapis734,037/
Lapish73441/
Loupis73418/
Lopies73356/
Lapios7375/
Lapgis7363/
Lyapis7363/
Lophis7347/
Lapisz7340/
Lhopis7334/
Laspis7318/
Lapies7315/
Lappis7312/
Leapis7311/
Lopeis7310/
Loppis738/
Lopais736/
Lapise736/
Lopisz736/
Laipis735/
Lapois735/
Llapis735/
Lopish735/
Lopise734/
Leypis732/
Lapais732/
Llápiz732/
Liopis732/
Lospis731/
Laphis731/
Lapuis731/
Lhapis731/
Lopios731/
Lóppis731/
Lapiss731/
Lapist730/
Loppies671,246/
Liappis67338/
Laupies67294/
Lappies6779/
Lapisse6737/
Lapisch6714/
Lyapish674/
Louppis672/
Lapheis671/
Hlapise671/
Laupuis671/
Lopaise671/
Lappuis670/
Laypish670/
Lauphis670/
Lapoise670/

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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
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  • 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 Lápis
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