Tapeu Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Tapeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Tapeu (8) may also be a first name.
Tapeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tapeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tapeu is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tapeu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tapeu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Tapeu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Tapeu are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tapeu is also the 4,213,784th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 8 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Tapeu is most common in: Centre Region, where 50 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Tapeu
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