Tape Surname
Approximately 38,985 people bear this surname
Tape Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 32,957 | 1:700 | 75 |
| Papua New Guinea | 963 | 1:8,467 | 650 |
| Iran | 958 | 1:80,149 | 8,179 |
| India | 921 | 1:832,861 | 36,960 |
| United States | 450 | 1:805,464 | 62,023 |
| Philippines | 416 | 1:243,361 | 36,743 |
| Benin | 365 | 1:28,317 | 3,757 |
| France | 328 | 1:202,508 | 31,473 |
| England | 295 | 1:188,875 | 16,792 |
| Australia | 294 | 1:91,822 | 10,515 |
| South Africa | 277 | 1:195,587 | 21,102 |
| Indonesia | 157 | 1:842,352 | 63,704 |
| Cameroon | 123 | 1:168,854 | 18,087 |
| Botswana | 83 | 1:26,349 | 5,307 |
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| Solomon Islands | 50 | 1:11,601 | 2,083 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| Jamaica | 34 | 1:84,410 | 3,809 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Greece | 7 | 1:1,582,827 | 88,377 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 1:490,251 | 25,911 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 115 | 1:211,960 | 16,503 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 173 | 1:290,281 | 23,212 |
The alternate forms: Tapé (33) are calculated separately.
Tape (16,958) may also be a first name.
Tape Demographics
Average Tape Salary in
United States
$44,734 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tape Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tape Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tape (Hindi: तपे, Marathi: तपे, Oriya: ତେପ) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Tapé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tape? popularity and diffusion
It is the 14,299th most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 186,932 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Tape live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tape is also the 42,608th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 16,958 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 32,957 people, or 1 in 700. In The Ivory Coast Tape is most common in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 54 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 20 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast it exists in 66 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and Iran, where 2 percent are found.
Tape Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tape has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 260 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 257 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 83 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Tape Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Tape surname are 5.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tape earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 1.99% more than the national average, earning R 242,376 per year; in United States they earn 3.67% more than the national average, earning $44,734 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.32% more than the national average, earning $54,312 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tape Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tape in the Hindi language | ||
| तपे | tape | 80.65 |
| तापे | tape | 16.13 |
| टापे | tape | 3.23 |
| Tape in the Marathi language | ||
| तपे | tape | 76.67 |
| टापे | tape | 17.78 |
| टपे | tape | 2.22 |
| तपेे | tapee | 2.22 |
| तापे | tape | 1.11 |
| Tape in the Oriya language | ||
| ତେପ | tepa | 37.6 |
| ଟେପ | tepa | 30.4 |
| ତାେପ | taepa | 19.2 |
| ଟେପା | tepa | 10.4 |
| ଟାେପ | taepa | 1.6 |
| ତପି | tapi | 0.8 |
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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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- 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 Tape
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