Tapalat Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

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

Tapalat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tapalat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea241:339,73845,241
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588

Tapalat (46) may also be a first name.

Tapalat Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tapalat is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tapalat? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Tapalat live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tapalat is also the 1,484,914th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 46 people.

This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East New Britain, where 100 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 11 percent live.

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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 Tapalat
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