Tapia Surname
Approximately 525,602 people bear this surname
Tapia Surname Definition:
This could be onomatopoeic Spanish for the sound "tap."
Found in Asturias. Name of villages near Leon and Oviedo. Derived from word "toppa" meaning a wall made from mud.
Basque word meaning a place of the cranberries.
Castilian name.
Read More About This SurnameTapia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 182,016 | 1:682 | 107 |
| Chile | 89,866 | 1:196 | 29 |
| United States | 41,359 | 1:8,764 | 1,057 |
| Peru | 40,848 | 1:778 | 105 |
| Argentina | 35,875 | 1:1,191 | 164 |
| Ecuador | 30,012 | 1:530 | 75 |
| Bolivia | 27,388 | 1:388 | 72 |
| Colombia | 21,223 | 1:2,251 | 428 |
| Spain | 14,104 | 1:3,315 | 396 |
| Dominican Republic | 11,894 | 1:877 | 158 |
| Philippines | 10,285 | 1:9,843 | 925 |
| Venezuela | 5,474 | 1:5,518 | 675 |
| Nicaragua | 3,233 | 1:1,862 | 317 |
| Panama | 2,495 | 1:1,568 | 256 |
| Cuba | 2,240 | 1:5,144 | 590 |
| Brazil | 1,332 | 1:160,716 | 6,198 |
| France | 1,034 | 1:64,239 | 8,825 |
| Costa Rica | 844 | 1:5,664 | 409 |
| Uruguay | 582 | 1:5,896 | 659 |
| Puerto Rico | 536 | 1:6,623 | 403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 392 | 1:20,800 | 2,213 |
| Canada | 346 | 1:106,490 | 11,455 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Thailand | 252 | 1:280,311 | 48,196 |
| Guatemala | 133 | 1:120,922 | 3,156 |
| Australia | 120 | 1:224,964 | 21,387 |
| India | 113 | 1:6,788,189 | 152,128 |
| England | 106 | 1:525,642 | 32,946 |
| Switzerland | 101 | 1:81,316 | 9,293 |
| Germany | 92 | 1:875,059 | 62,702 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Indonesia | 70 | 1:1,889,274 | 120,273 |
| Italy | 65 | 1:940,872 | 68,025 |
| Honduras | 64 | 1:137,757 | 1,916 |
| Sweden | 60 | 1:164,113 | 11,407 |
| Belgium | 59 | 1:194,858 | 25,672 |
| Paraguay | 49 | 1:147,689 | 3,066 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Albania | 37 | 1:78,758 | 8,507 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Solomon Islands | 24 | 1:24,168 | 4,782 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Belize | 15 | 1:23,698 | 1,879 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Andorra | 3 | 1:27,946 | 1,499 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 365 | 1:137,585 | 13,032 |
The alternate forms: Tápia (44), Tàpia (11) & Tapía (7) are calculated separately.
Tapia (2,025) may also be a first name.
Tapia Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This could be onomatopoeic Spanish for the sound "tap."
Found in Asturias. Name of villages near Leon and Oviedo. Derived from word "toppa" meaning a wall made from mud.
Basque word meaning a place of the cranberries.
Castilian name. One branch in Trujillo (Cáceres).
User-submitted Reference
The Tapia surname means 'wall' in Spanish.
- lito071293Tapia Demographics
Average Tapia Salary in
United States
$36,367 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Tapia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tapia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tapia (Arabic: تابيا, Georgian: ტაპია, Marathi: तािपया, Oriya: ଟପିଆ, Russian: Тапиа) is found most frequently in Mexico. It can occur in the variant forms: Tápia, Tàpia or Tapía. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tapia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,019th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,865 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Tapia live; 48 percent live in South America and 35 percent live in Hispano-North America. Tapia is also the 167,810th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 2,025 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is held by 182,016 people, or 1 in 682. In Mexico it is mostly found in: México, where 18 percent are found, Mexico City, where 10 percent are found and Michoacán, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Mexico it is found in 102 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
Tapia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tapia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tapia last name rose 11,331 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tapia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tapia last name are 42.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.89% registered with the political party.
The amount Tapia earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 72.41% less than the national average, earning €8,286 per year; in Norway they earn 27.05% less than the national average, earning 252,462 kr per year; in Peru they earn 2.57% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,883 per year; in Colombia they earn 24.16% less than the national average, earning $17,218,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.72% less than the national average, earning $36,367 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.13% less than the national average, earning $46,637 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tápia | 93 | 44 | / |
| Tàpia | 93 | 11 | / |
| Tapía | 93 | 7 | / |
| Tapias | 91 | 24,492 | / |
| Taspia | 91 | 1,086 | / |
| Tappia | 91 | 183 | / |
| Tapiaz | 91 | 99 | / |
| Tapija | 91 | 56 | / |
| Thapia | 91 | 22 | / |
| Tapfia | 91 | 14 | / |
| Taipia | 91 | 13 | / |
| Tapiah | 91 | 12 | / |
| Tapiha | 91 | 4 | / |
| Taphia | 91 | 4 | / |
| Tapiap | 91 | 3 | / |
| Tapiat | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tapiae | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tapiea | 91 | 1 | / |
| Taepia | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tabpia | 91 | 1 | / |
| Teapia | 91 | 1 | / |
| Thappia | 83 | 242 | / |
| Taupiad | 83 | 19 | / |
| Taipias | 83 | 9 | / |
| Tapoiya | 83 | 8 | / |
| Tapaiya | 83 | 5 | / |
| Thatpia | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tapayia | 83 | 2 | / |
| Taypiat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Taipiah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tapiass | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tapio | 80 | 3,533 | / |
| Topia | 80 | 1,592 | / |
| Tepia | 80 | 315 | / |
| Tapea | 80 | 258 | / |
| Tapya | 80 | 44 | / |
| Tapja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tapaiyap | 77 | 1 | / |
| Topias | 73 | 821 | / |
| Thapya | 73 | 562 | / |
| Topiah | 73 | 94 | / |
| Tophia | 73 | 32 | / |
| Toppia | 73 | 29 | / |
| Tapiod | 73 | 29 | / |
| Tápias | 73 | 19 | / |
| Tapyap | 73 | 18 | / |
| Taupea | 73 | 15 | / |
| Thopia | 73 | 9 | / |
| Taipio | 73 | 8 | / |
| Tapios | 73 | 6 | / |
| Topiat | 73 | 5 | / |
| Topija | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tappya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tapiop | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tappio | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tapjas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tapeah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taipya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toupia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tapiot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taupio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Htapea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thaphio | 67 | 85 | / |
| Thopiah | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tapajja | 67 | 6 | / |
| Topoyia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tepeyia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tophias | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thapjai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thaepya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toppiah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Topihha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Topiasz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toppias | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thappea | 67 | 1 | / |
Tapia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tapia in the Georgian language | ||
| ტაპია | tapia | - |
| Tapia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟପିଆ | tapi'a | 66.67 |
| ଟପିଅ | tapi'a | 33.33 |
| Tapia in the Marathi language | ||
| तािपया | taipaya | 34.21 |
| तापीया | tapiya | 26.32 |
| टािपया | taipaya | 13.16 |
| तपीया | tapiya | 7.89 |
| तपया | tapaya | 5.26 |
| टपीया | tapiya | 5.26 |
| तापीय | tapiya | 2.63 |
| टापीया | tapiya | 2.63 |
| तपीआ | tapi'a | 2.63 |
| Tapia in the Russian language | ||
| Тапиа | tapia | - |
| Tapia in the Arabic language | ||
| تابيا | tabya | - |
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Tapia Reference & Research
Tapia DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Tapia FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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