Tapia Surname

1,019th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 525,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Chile

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.

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Tapia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico182,0161:682107
Chile89,8661:19629
United States41,3591:8,7641,057
Peru40,8481:778105
Argentina35,8751:1,191164
Ecuador30,0121:53075
Bolivia27,3881:38872
Colombia21,2231:2,251428
Spain14,1041:3,315396
Dominican Republic11,8941:877158
Philippines10,2851:9,843925
Venezuela5,4741:5,518675
Nicaragua3,2331:1,862317
Panama2,4951:1,568256
Cuba2,2401:5,144590
Brazil1,3321:160,7166,198
France1,0341:64,2398,825
Costa Rica8441:5,664409
Uruguay5821:5,896659
Puerto Rico5361:6,623403
Papua New Guinea3921:20,8002,213
Canada3461:106,49011,455
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
Thailand2521:280,31148,196
Guatemala1331:120,9223,156
Australia1201:224,96421,387
India1131:6,788,189152,128
England1061:525,64232,946
Switzerland1011:81,3169,293
Germany921:875,05962,702
Portugal851:122,5685,627
Indonesia701:1,889,274120,273
Italy651:940,87268,025
Honduras641:137,7571,916
Sweden601:164,11311,407
Belgium591:194,85825,672
Paraguay491:147,6893,066
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Albania371:78,7588,507
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Russia321:4,503,846209,401
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Solomon Islands241:24,1684,782
Norway221:233,74025,571
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Liberia171:259,32615,766
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Belize151:23,6981,879
Israel131:658,28045,106
Guam121:13,3432,098
Aruba91:11,4971,511
China91:151,924,6187,954
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Finland81:687,08836,047
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Andorra31:27,9461,499
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3651:137,58513,032

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).

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

The Tapia surname means 'wall' in Spanish.

- lito071293

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tápia9344/
Tàpia9311/
Tapía937/
Tapias9124,492/
Taspia911,086/
Tappia91183/
Tapiaz9199/
Tapija9156/
Thapia9122/
Tapfia9114/
Taipia9113/
Tapiah9112/
Tapiha914/
Taphia914/
Tapiap913/
Tapiat912/
Tapiae912/
Tapiea911/
Taepia911/
Tabpia911/
Teapia911/
Thappia83242/
Taupiad8319/
Taipias839/
Tapoiya838/
Tapaiya835/
Thatpia834/
Tapayia832/
Taypiat831/
Taipiah831/
Tapiass831/
Tapio803,533/
Topia801,592/
Tepia80315/
Tapea80258/
Tapya8044/
Tapja801/
Tapaiyap771/
Topias73821/
Thapya73562/
Topiah7394/
Tophia7332/
Toppia7329/
Tapiod7329/
Tápias7319/
Tapyap7318/
Taupea7315/
Thopia739/
Taipio738/
Tapios736/
Topiat735/
Topija735/
Tappya734/
Tapiop732/
Tappio732/
Tapjas731/
Tapeah731/
Taipya731/
Toupia731/
Tapiot731/
Taupio731/
Htapea731/
Thaphio6785/
Thopiah678/
Tapajja676/
Topoyia674/
Tepeyia672/
Tophias672/
Thapjai671/
Thaepya671/
Toppiah671/
Topihha671/
Topiasz671/
Toppias671/
Thappea671/

Tapia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tapia in the Georgian language
ტაპიაtapia-
Tapia in the Oriya language
ଟପିଆtapi'a66.67
ଟପିଅtapi'a33.33
Tapia in the Marathi language
तािपयाtaipaya34.21
तापीयाtapiya26.32
टािपयाtaipaya13.16
तपीयाtapiya7.89
तपयाtapaya5.26
टपीयाtapiya5.26
तापीयtapiya2.63
टापीयाtapiya2.63
तपीआtapi'a2.63
Tapia in the Russian language
Тапиаtapia-
Tapia in the Arabic language
تابياtabya-

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Tapia Reference & Research

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