Rapura Surname

777,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 365 people bear this surname

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

Rapura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rapura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea3191:25,5602,826
India321:23,970,793327,222
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rapura (73) may also be a first name.

Rapura Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rapura occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rapura? popularity and diffusion

It is the 777,192nd most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Rapura live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 87 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Rapura is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 73 people.

This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 319 people, or 1 in 25,560. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 96 percent are found, Madang, where 2 percent are found and Jiwaka, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea Rapura exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Rapura Last Name Statistics demography

Rapura earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.26% less than the national average, earning R 46,920 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rajpura92400/
Raputra9217/
Rapuraj924/
Rapaura921/
Rapuray921/
Raipura921/
Rasputra86547/
Rapuraja867/
Rapuri833,908/
Repura8350/
Rapira8315/
Rapure8315/
Rapora833/
Rapuro833/
Ropura832/
Rapury831/
Raasputra807/
Raypure777,265/
Rajpure775,812/
Raipure77606/
Raapuri7763/
Rapuroo7760/
Rapuuri7755/
Rajpuri7748/
Raupuri7746/
Rapiray7740/
Rapiera7728/
Raipuri7727/
Raypuri777/
Raspure775/
Raepuro775/
Raupure772/
Raphira772/
Raphora771/
Rapuree771/
Raspuri771/
Rapurii771/
Raipora771/
Rasputri7110/
Rajpouri7110/
Raapuuri718/
Rachpuri713/
Rahpouri712/
Rahapure712/
Raaypure712/
Raapuros711/
Rajpurot711/
Rajpurui711/
Ratputri711/
Raypaure711/
Raypoure711/
Repuro6715/
Rapore6712/
Rapiro679/
Rapori673/
Rajpuroht672/
Raporo671/
Rathpoure671/
Rajpuroit671/

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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 Rapura
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