Tapa Surname
Approximately 26,896 people bear this surname
Tapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 21,544 | 1:35,605 | 2,550 |
| Indonesia | 909 | 1:145,489 | 14,351 |
| Philippines | 839 | 1:120,665 | 20,776 |
| Papua New Guinea | 668 | 1:12,206 | 1,120 |
| Cameroon | 539 | 1:38,533 | 5,151 |
| South Africa | 416 | 1:130,235 | 15,247 |
| Ivory Coast | 229 | 1:100,748 | 5,226 |
| Zimbabwe | 219 | 1:70,494 | 10,481 |
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Malaysia | 167 | 1:176,612 | 10,667 |
| Thailand | 126 | 1:560,622 | 95,829 |
| Zambia | 124 | 1:127,822 | 9,586 |
| Botswana | 105 | 1:20,828 | 4,170 |
| Turkey | 101 | 1:770,509 | 38,247 |
| New Zealand | 90 | 1:50,315 | 8,125 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| Hungary | 50 | 1:196,326 | 16,661 |
| Poland | 43 | 1:883,924 | 67,072 |
| Ecuador | 37 | 1:429,888 | 10,240 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Colombia | 16 | 1:2,985,880 | 14,490 |
| Peru | 15 | 1:2,118,942 | 25,723 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| El Salvador | 12 | 1:528,657 | 3,007 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Tăpă (1) are calculated separately.
Tapa (75,005) may also be a first name.
Tapa Demographics
Average Tapa Salary in
United States
$37,988 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tapa (Arabic: تابا, Bengali: তপা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﺑﺎ, Hindi: टापा, Marathi: तापा, Oriya: ତପ, Russian: Тапа, Tibetan: བཀྲ་པ།) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Tăpă. Click here for further possible spellings of Tapa.
How Common Is The Last Name Tapa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 20,337th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 270,953 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Tapa reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Tapa is also the 13,071st most frequently used forename world-wide, held by 75,005 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 21,544 people, or 1 in 35,605. In India it is mostly found in: Tamil Nadu, where 87 percent live, Gujarat, where 6 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent live. Excluding India Tapa occurs in 68 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.
Tapa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tapa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tapa surname grew 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tapa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tapa surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tapa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 56.71% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,392 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.74% less than the national average, earning R 119,448 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.62% less than the national average, earning $22,561,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 11.96% less than the national average, earning $37,988 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tapa in the Bengali language | ||
| তপা | tapa | 97.46 |
| তপ | tapa | 2.54 |
| Tapa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﺑﺎ | taba | 89.74 |
| ﺗﺒﺎ | tba | 7.69 |
| ﺗﺎﺑﻰ | taby | 2.56 |
| Tapa in the Oriya language | ||
| ତପ | tapa | 75.64 |
| ଟପା | tapa | 8.97 |
| ଟାପା | tapa | 3.85 |
| ତାପା | tapa | 3.42 |
| ତପା | tapa | 3.42 |
| ଥପା | thapa | 0.85 |
| ଜପି | japi | 0.43 |
| ଢପ | dhapa | 0.43 |
| Tapa in the Marathi language | ||
| तापा | tapa | 73.45 |
| तपा | tapa | 14.16 |
| टापा | tapa | 12.39 |
| Tapa in the Tibetan language | ||
| བཀྲ་པ། | trapa | 50 |
| ཏ་པ་ | tapa | 50 |
| Tapa in the Hindi language | ||
| टापा | tapa | 33.33 |
| तपा | tapa | 27.54 |
| टपा | tapa | 21.74 |
| तापा | tapa | 14.49 |
| Tapa in the Russian language | ||
| Тапа | tapa | - |
| Tapa in the Arabic language | ||
| تابا | taba | - |
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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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- 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 Tapa
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