Turapa Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

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

Turapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Turapa (42) may also be a first name.

Turapa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Turapa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Turapa? popularity and diffusion

Turapa is the 3,228,735th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Turapa reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Turapa is also the 1,566,439th most common first name in the world, borne by 42 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea Turapa is primarily found in: Northern, where 72 percent are found, Hela, where 14 percent are found and Gulf, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turapat9213/
Thurapa923/
Turapha921/
Turapap921/
Taurapa921/
Thurapha8631/
Thurapat8613/
Turaphap861/
Tirapa833,021/
Turape838/
Torapa835/
Turapo831/
Turepa831/
Turopa831/
Thuraphat80110/
Thuraphap809/
Tiraepa77213/
Tourapi7722/
Turaupi7711/
Turapod775/
Tirappa773/
Turapoi771/
Tierapa771/
Taurepa771/
Torapai771/
Thurapi771/
Tirapay771/
Thuraippah757/
Tourapis713/
Tirapaha713/
Thirappa712/
Ttirapay711/
Thirapay711/
Tirepa672,206/
Toropa67199/
Tirapo67185/
Torape6730/
Torapi6715/
Torapo675/
Thoraippa671/
Turopi671/

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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 Turapa
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