Tapma Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tapma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tapma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
India51:153,413,076951,030
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Tapma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tapma (Hindi: तपमा, Oriya: ତପ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tapma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,141,416th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 51 percent of Tapma live; 51 percent live in Oceania Islands and 51 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea Tapma is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 95 percent reside and Bougainville, where 5 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 26 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tapmaz91123/
Thapma9133/
Tapmat917/
Tapmad911/
Thapmat834/
Topma80123/
Tapmo8068/
Tepma8015/
Tapme8012/
Tapmi805/
Tahapmas771/
Thapmi73505/
Thepma73121/
Tapmer731/
Taphmee671/
Topmast671/
Tepmo6026/
Topmo6020/
Topme601/
Thoupmath571/
Thopme551/

Tapma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tapma in the Hindi language
तपमाtapama-
Tapma in the Oriya language
ତପtapa-

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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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  • 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 Tapma
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