# Tapia (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tapia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A topographic surname from Basque, denoting someone from Tapia de Casariego in Asturias.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Basque |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 52,651 |
| US rank (2010) | 647 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,864 people |
| Change since 2000 | +42% (37,201 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tapia in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tapia in the United States, Chile, the Dominican Republic and Argentina.

## People named Tapia

- Ramón Tapia, boxer (1932-1984)
- Johnny Tapia, American boxer (1967–2012)
- Bill Tapia, American musician (1908–2011)
- Richard A. Tapia, American mathematician
- Raimel Tapia, American Baseball player for the Colorado Rockies
- Rodrigo Tapia, Argentinian association football player

## Similar surnames

Tapp, Thapa, Tafoya, Tabb, Tobey, Taub, Topp, Taff, Tebo, Taube, Tope, Toby.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.