Last name Étape (Etapa 
, Tappa 
, Etappe 
) , all over the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Étape is habitual in Cameroon, where it is quite a rare surname, Uruguay, and India, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Indonesia, and Philippines. Much less frequently, Étape is the forename as well as the last name.