Tapa Surname
Approximately 26,896 people bear this surname
Tapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 21,544 | 1:35,605 | 2,550 |
| Indonesia | 909 | 1:145,489 | 14,351 |
| Philippines | 839 | 1:120,665 | 20,776 |
| Papua New Guinea | 668 | 1:12,206 | 1,120 |
| Cameroon | 539 | 1:38,533 | 5,151 |
| South Africa | 416 | 1:130,235 | 15,247 |
| Ivory Coast | 229 | 1:100,748 | 5,226 |
| Zimbabwe | 219 | 1:70,494 | 10,481 |
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Malaysia | 167 | 1:176,612 | 10,667 |
| Thailand | 126 | 1:560,622 | 95,829 |
| Zambia | 124 | 1:127,822 | 9,586 |
| Botswana | 105 | 1:20,828 | 4,170 |
| Turkey | 101 | 1:770,509 | 38,247 |
| New Zealand | 90 | 1:50,315 | 8,125 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| Hungary | 50 | 1:196,326 | 16,661 |
| Poland | 43 | 1:883,924 | 67,072 |
| Ecuador | 37 | 1:429,888 | 10,240 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Colombia | 16 | 1:2,985,880 | 14,490 |
| Peru | 15 | 1:2,118,942 | 25,723 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| El Salvador | 12 | 1:528,657 | 3,007 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Tăpă (1) are calculated separately.
Tapa (75,005) may also be a first name.
Tapa Demographics
Tapa Political Affiliation
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Tapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tapa (Arabic: تابا, Bengali: তপা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﺑﺎ, Hindi: टापा, Marathi: तापा, Oriya: ତପ, Russian: Тапа, Tibetan: བཀྲ་པ།) is most common in India. It may also occur in the variant forms: Tăpă. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tapa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tapa is the 20,337th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 270,953 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Tapa reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Tapa is also the 13,071st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 75,005 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 21,544 people, or 1 in 35,605. In India Tapa is mostly concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 87 percent are found, Gujarat, where 6 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent are found. Besides India Tapa exists in 68 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 3 percent are found and The Philippines, where 3 percent are found.
Tapa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tapa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tapa last name expanded 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tapa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Tapa are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered with the political party.
The amount Tapa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 56.71% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,392 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.74% less than the national average, earning R 119,448 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.62% less than the national average, earning $22,561,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 11.96% less than the national average, earning $37,988 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tapa in the Bengali language | ||
| তপা | tapa | 97.46 |
| তপ | tapa | 2.54 |
| Tapa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﺑﺎ | taba | 89.74 |
| ﺗﺒﺎ | tba | 7.69 |
| ﺗﺎﺑﻰ | taby | 2.56 |
| Tapa in the Oriya language | ||
| ତପ | tapa | 75.64 |
| ଟପା | tapa | 8.97 |
| ଟାପା | tapa | 3.85 |
| ତାପା | tapa | 3.42 |
| ତପା | tapa | 3.42 |
| ଥପା | thapa | 0.85 |
| ଜପି | japi | 0.43 |
| ଢପ | dhapa | 0.43 |
| Tapa in the Marathi language | ||
| तापा | tapa | 73.45 |
| तपा | tapa | 14.16 |
| टापा | tapa | 12.39 |
| Tapa in the Tibetan language | ||
| བཀྲ་པ། | trapa | 50 |
| ཏ་པ་ | tapa | 50 |
| Tapa in the Hindi language | ||
| टापा | tapa | 33.33 |
| तपा | tapa | 27.54 |
| टपा | tapa | 21.74 |
| तापा | tapa | 14.49 |
| Tapa in the Russian language | ||
| Тапа | tapa | - |
| Tapa in the Arabic language | ||
| تابا | taba | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tapa
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