Tapïa

surname · Latin script

Tapïa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Chile than in any other country, where it is the 31st most common surname. Recorded meaning: Probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“tap, plug”).

rarermore common
  • CLChile≈1 in 320(inferred from the name graph)
  • ECEcuador1 in 444
  • PEPeru≈1 in 771

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Chile (inferred from the name graph)

≈57,000 people, est.

#624 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

Sources
397 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 320 (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Tapia in CL Chile, PE Peru, AR Argentina and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“tap, plug”).

Sources 4

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tapïa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Tapïa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CL Chile#31≈57,000 est.≈1 in 320—Tapia166
US United States—52,6511 in 6.3K53KTapia397
AR Argentina#16143,4401 in 1K43KTapia110
PE Peru#98≈41,000 est.≈1 in 771—Tapia118
EC Ecuador#4738,0951 in 44438KTapia96
BO Bolivia—≈23,000 est.≈1 in 502—Tapia71

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Tapïa is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Finnish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Ecuador, Spain

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Tapia, Täpiä

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Tapïa under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Tapïa mean, and where does it come from?
Probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“tap, plug”). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 2 other sources.
In which country does Tapïa have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 57 thousand people named Tapïa in Chile, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tapia.
How common is the name Tapïa?
In the United States, the national register counted 52,651 people named Tapïa in 2010, about 1 in 6.3 thousand residents.
How common is Tapïa compared with other names?
In Chile, Tapïa is the 31st most common surname of 94,777 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tapïa” — the 31st most common surname in Chile. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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