Tapning Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tapning Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tapning Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062

Tapning Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tapning is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Tapning click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tapning? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tapning is the 4,772,636th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Tapning is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Tapning reside; 76 percent reside in Central Africa and 76 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Tapning is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon Tapning is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 77 percent reside, Centre Region, where 8 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Tapning exists in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 24 percent reside.

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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 Tapning
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