Tapus Surname
Approximately 500 people bear this surname
Tapus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 351 | 1:23,230 | 2,541 |
| Romania | 77 | 1:260,752 | 24,395 |
| Philippines | 48 | 1:2,109,130 | 121,847 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Ťapuš (2) are calculated separately.
Tapus (160) may also be a first name.
Tapus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tapus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tapus (Hindi: टापुस, Marathi: तापुस, Oriya: ତାପୁସ) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms: Ťapuš. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tapus.
How Common Is The Last Name Tapus? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 616,129th most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Tapus are found; 70 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 70 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 725,185th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 160 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 23,230. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Enga, where 72 percent live, Western Highlands, where 20 percent live and National Capital District, where 8 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 15 percent live and The Philippines, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tapus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tapus in the Marathi language | ||
| तापुस | tapusa | 55.56 |
| तापूस | tapusa | 44.44 |
| Tapus in the Hindi language | ||
| टापुस | tapusa | 50 |
| तापुस | tapusa | 25 |
| तपूस | tapusa | 25 |
| Tapus in the Oriya language | ||
| ତାପୁସ | tapusa | 50 |
| ତପୁସ | tapusa | 50 |
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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 Tapus
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