Tapulayan Surname

686,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Tapulayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tapulayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines4291:235,98735,899
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tapulayan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tapulayan is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tapulayan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 686,443rd most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tapulayan are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Tapulayan is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 429 people, or 1 in 235,987. In The Philippines it is most common in: Central Luzon, where 34 percent reside, Central Visayas, where 17 percent reside and Western Visayas, where 13 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 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 Tapulayan
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