Vapa Surname
Approximately 4,232 people bear this surname
Vapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,083 | 1:187,868 | 11,411 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Latvia | 28 | 1:73,216 | 10,778 |
| Russia | 27 | 1:5,337,891 | 231,865 |
| Finland | 24 | 1:229,029 | 18,579 |
| Serbia | 21 | 1:340,236 | 16,447 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Vápa (1) are calculated separately.
Vapa (3,644) may also be a first name.
Vapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vapa (Georgian: ვაფა, Hindi: वपा, Marathi: वापा, Oriya: ୱାପା, Russian: Вапа) occurs most in India. It can also be rendered as a variant: Vápa. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vapa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 109,917th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,722,010 people. The last name Vapa occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Vapa reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Vapa is also the 117,026th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 3,644 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is held by 4,083 people, or 1 in 187,868. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 98 percent live, Gujarat, where 2 percent live and Telangana, where 0 percent live. Apart from India this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and Latvia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vapa in the Georgian language | ||
| ვაფა | vapa | - |
| Vapa in the Hindi language | ||
| वपा | vapa | - |
| Vapa in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାପା | wapa | - |
| Vapa in the Marathi language | ||
| वापा | vapa | 71.43 |
| वपा-या | vapa-ya | 14.29 |
| वपा | vapa | 14.29 |
| Vapa in the Russian language | ||
| Вапа | vapa | - |
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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 Vapa
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