Tapera Surname

57,264th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,844 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tapera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tapera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe8,6141:1,792103
South Africa691:785,18453,751
Brazil481:4,459,882118,224
England311:1,797,35772,927
United States181:20,136,607622,629
India181:42,614,743461,117
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Tapera (10,091) may also be a first name.

Tapera Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tapera (Hindi: तापेरा, Marathi: तपेरा, Oriya: ଟେପରା) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tapera? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 57,264th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 824,010 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tapera reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tapera is also the 60,856th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 10,091 people.

Tapera is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 8,614 people, or 1 in 1,792. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 23 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 17 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 16 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Tapera Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tapera earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.17% less than the national average, earning R 82,764 per year and in United States they earn 9.58% less than the national average, earning $39,016 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tapiera9225/
Tapeira9217/
Taperas9217/
Taperat927/
Taipera922/
Taphera921/
Tappera921/
Taepera921/
Taupera921/
Tapaera921/
Taperau921/
Taaipera863/
Taaperas861/
Tajpeara861/
Taperaai861/
Thaperat861/
Tapeerat861/
Tapara835,495/
Tapere832,102/
Tapero83749/
Tepera83332/
Topera83323/
Tapora83199/
Tapira83157/
Taperi83106/
Tapery838/
Tapíra831/
Tapperath8021/
Thaphetra8014/
Tapiero7713,035/
Tappero77616/
Tapiray77347/
Taparay77221/
Tapfira77220/
Thapara77153/
Taporea77127/
Taparra7771/
Thapira7743/
Tappara7733/
Tajpara7720/
Toopera7713/
Taparai7713/
Tapperi7711/
Thapora7710/
Taepara779/
Taperez778/
Tappere775/
Topeira775/
Tapitra774/
Taïpara774/
Taspere773/
Taperio773/
Tapirai773/
Taperie773/
Taipero773/
Toupera772/
Tapìero772/
Tapaira772/
Tapergi772/
Taperre772/
Toperai771/
T'Opera771/
Taapira771/
Taperro771/
Tapesri771/
Tapeyri771/
Tapirat771/
Tapeiro771/
Teperai771/
Taapara771/
Tahpara771/
Taipira771/
Tapiere771/
Taparau771/
Ttapere771/
Taperes771/
Teipera771/
Tapiraj771/
Tapuira771/
Tappery770/
Tapeire770/
Thaphetrap754/
Theapeerat751/
Taipeiro7139/
Tapairay7121/
Tahapere7113/
Thaperee714/
Thaparai713/
Thaparay713/
Tapperii711/
Thappara711/
Thappira711/
Tappehrasht711/
Tapererr711/
Tapharay711/
Tapuiray711/
Tapaaira711/
Ttaparaj711/
Toupeira711/
Taiphara711/
Tapperee711/
Tepora67562/
Taparo67559/
Tapire67521/
Tapiro67251/
Topora67129/
Tepero67114/
Toperi6797/
Topara6792/
Taporo6756/
Topere6748/
Tapiri6720/
Topero6717/
Toupereau6710/
Topira676/
Thappheri674/
Taepahara674/
Tepara672/
Thapparaj672/
Taparà671/
Tapiré671/
Tepira671/
Thapiraja671/
Taipharah671/
Tapiró671/

Tapera Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tapera in the Marathi language
तपेराtapera-
Tapera in the Oriya language
ଟେପରାtepara75
ଟାେପରାtaepara25
Tapera in the Hindi language
तापेराtapera50
तपेराtapera50

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tapera
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