Rapava Surname
Approximately 1,823 people bear this surname
Rapava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 842 | 1:4,448 | 957 |
| India | 653 | 1:1,174,679 | 47,438 |
| Abkhazia | 152 | 1:1,598 | 395 |
| Ukraine | 109 | 1:417,639 | 50,036 |
| Russia | 52 | 1:2,771,597 | 154,559 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Rapavá (78) are calculated separately.
Rapava (121) may also be a first name.
Rapava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rapava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rapava (Georgian: რაფავა, Russian: Рапава) is more commonly found in Georgia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Rapavá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rapava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 223,394th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,997,557 people. Rapava occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Rapava are found; 55 percent are found in West Asia and 46 percent are found in Kartvelo-West Asia. Rapava is also the 848,089th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 121 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Georgia, where it is held by 842 people, or 1 in 4,448. In Georgia Rapava is primarily concentrated in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 45 percent are found, Tbilisi, where 26 percent are found and Imereti, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Georgia it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 36 percent are found and Abkhazia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapavá | 94 | 78 | / |
| Rapaeva | 92 | 95 | / |
| Rapavat | 92 | 3 | / |
| Rapavas | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rapeavai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rapaaiva | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rapatvad | 86 | 1 | / |
| Raipaeva | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rapavi | 83 | 164 | / |
| Rapova | 83 | 77 | / |
| Rapavý | 83 | 76 | / |
| Rapavy | 83 | 49 | / |
| Rapave | 83 | 5 | / |
| Rapaba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Rapeva | 83 | 2 | / |
| Repava | 83 | 2 | / |
| Raupova | 77 | 13,268 | / |
| Rapavyi | 77 | 99 | / |
| Ropaeva | 77 | 78 | / |
| Hrapova | 77 | 58 | / |
| Rapaway | 77 | 32 | / |
| Raipova | 77 | 27 | / |
| Raspawa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Rappova | 77 | 5 | / |
| Rapeavi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Rapeeva | 77 | 4 | / |
| Raspova | 77 | 2 | / |
| Repaeva | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rajpavi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rapavej | 77 | 1 | / |
| Roopavat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Raphabha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rapavets | 71 | 2 | / |
| Raepaewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raupabas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rapabhat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rapabhau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rapavesh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rapabach | 71 | 1 | / |
| Repeva | 67 | 337 | / |
| Rapabi | 67 | 254 | / |
| Repova | 67 | 167 | / |
| Raphabhai | 67 | 55 | / |
| Ropova | 67 | 40 | / |
| Rapovy | 67 | 29 | / |
| Rapová | 67 | 19 | / |
| Rapawy | 67 | 15 | / |
| Rapowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ropeva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rapawo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rapovi | 67 | 1 | / |
Rapava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rapava in the Georgian language | ||
| რაფავა | rapava | - |
| Rapava in the Russian language | ||
| Рапава | rapava | - |
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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 Rapava
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