How common is the surname Tapia?

52,651 people in the United States had the surname Tapia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,864 Americans. It ranked 647th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tapia?

Ramón Tapia, boxer (1932-1984), followed by Johnny Tapia.

Where is the surname Tapia most common?

Wikidata records people named Tapia in the United States, Chile and the Dominican Republic and 1 other country.

Is the surname Tapia getting more or less common?

More common. 37,201 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 52,651 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Tapia

A Basque place surname, carried by 52,651 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tapia is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

Basque origin

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

Tapia is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 20 Basque surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 52,651 people named Tapia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,864 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 37,201.

#647

rank among US surnames

52,651

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+41.5%

change since 2000 (was #845)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#638	Velez	53,265	5,796
#639	Meza	53,230	5,800
#640	Roy	53,159	5,808
#641	Vincent	53,095	5,815
#642	York	53,059	5,819
#643	Hodge	52,920	5,834
#644	Villa	52,817	5,846

Who is named Tapia

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Tapia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Tapias

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ramón Tapia
Boxer (1932-1984)
Johnny Tapia
American boxer (1967–2012)
Bill Tapia
American musician (1908–2011)
Richard A. Tapia
American mathematician, 1939–2026
Raimel Tapia
American Baseball player for the Colorado Rockies, born 1994
Rodrigo Tapia
Argentinian association football player, born 1994

Notable Tapias come mostly from the United States (3), Chile (1) and the Dominican Republic (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tapia

Tapia has the Soundex code T100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T100.

Other Basque surnames

All 20 Basque surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tapia come from?: Tapia is Basque in origin.
How common is the surname Tapia?: 52,651 people in the United States had the surname Tapia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,864 Americans. It ranked 647th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tapia?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tapia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tapia?: Ramón Tapia, boxer (1932-1984), followed by Johnny Tapia.
Where is the surname Tapia most common?: Wikidata records people named Tapia in the United States, Chile and the Dominican Republic and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Tapia?: Tapia is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Tapia getting more or less common?: More common. 37,201 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 52,651 in 2010, up 42%.