Lapa is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lapa
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lapa

How popular is Lapa?

Lapa is common in Brazil.

Lapa is ranked 17484 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lapas grew by 16.52892 per cent to 423 since 2000 and ranked 49636 after elevating 3784 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 75.18 78.24
Hispanic or Latino 14.42 9.92
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.33 6.06
Others 2.13 5.51
Lapa is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Portugal is ahead in terms of density. Around 29941 people have been found who wears Lapa as their family name. Lapa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
946 Papua New Guinea5
15,956 Venezuela3
30,723 Georgia3
67,494 South Africa3
2,794 El Salvador2
18,718 Thailand2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
6,977 Tajikistan2
8,995 Uganda2
4,086 Angola2
26,123 Malaysia2
10,683 Cyprus1
4,249 Cambodia1
34,581 Chile1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
174,544 Czech Republic1
37,493 Austria1
49,101 Denmark1
53,033 Nigeria1
16,283 Lithuania1
77,122 Sweden1
18,969 Wales1
5,916 Mozambique1
56,169 Mexico1
29,046 Japan1
172,258 Germany1
11,486 Estonia1
472 Tonga1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
46,962 Spain42
37,591 Belgium37
19,469 Moldova23
22,809 New Zealand19
14,048 Ireland16
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
163,088 India99
19,607 Greece98
37,246 Canada87
19,740 Romania84
47,891 England81
30,613 Australia74
17,264 Israel59
Countries with hundreds of Lapa:
17,255 Philippines838
9,886 Poland621
52,924 United States496
7,351 Cameroon396
730 Latvia350
15,781 Argentina343
11,234 Uzbekistan303
36,780 Indonesia271
5,712 Belarus270
22,396 Turkey245
53,810 France184
2,813 Albania177
16,674 Kazakhstan157
53,156 Italy134
Countries with thousands of Lapa:
1,031 Peru4,503
6,453 Russia2,920
464 Portugal2,595
2,757 Ukraine1,988
Countries with ten thousands of Lapa:
1,286 Brazil12,322
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

37 years old laborer Bartolomew Lapa who was residing in Italy migrated to USA on March 31, 1890 by Belgravia put out from Naples. Colomba Lapa (2) Daughter, Farmer Donato Lapa, Filomena Lapa (28) Peasant, Sailor Francesco Lapa, Laborer Nicola Lapa, 16 years old Valerio Lapa, are other Lapa that migrated to US from Naples, Naples & Palermo and Havre.

Lapa Namesakes

  • Georges-Émile Lapalme, Politician
  • Americo D. Lapati, Author
  • Angeli Laparan, Film Editor
  • Anthony LaPaglia, Actor
  • Georges-Émile Lapalme, Politician
  • Beno Lapajne, Olympic athlete
  • Bridget LaPaglia, Anthony LaPaglia's daughter
  • Carolina Lapausa, Actor
  • Costas Lapavitsas, Member of Parliament
  • Michael Lapage, Olympic athlete

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