How common is the surname Thapa?

2,328 people in the United States had the surname Thapa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,623 Americans. It ranked 13,148th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Thapa getting more or less common?

More common. 386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,328 in 2010, up 503%.

The surname Thapa

A surname, carried by 2,328 people in the United States.

2 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). Thapa is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

From Nepali थापा (thāpā).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,328 people named Thapa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,623 Americans. That is up 503% since 2000, when the Census counted 386.

#13,148

rank among US surnames

2,328

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+503.1%

change since 2000 (was #50,801)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,142	Cervera	2,329	132,566
#13,148	Thapa	2,328	132,623
#13,153	Washam	2,327	132,680
#13,155	Huezo	2,326	132,737

Who is named Thapa

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

93% of people named Thapa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Thapini

Surnames that sound like Thapa

Tapia

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

Questions

Where does the surname Thapa come from?: From Nepali थापा (thāpā).
How common is the surname Thapa?: 2,328 people in the United States had the surname Thapa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,623 Americans. It ranked 13,148th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thapa?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thapa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Thapa getting more or less common?: More common. 386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,328 in 2010, up 503%.
What are other spellings of Thapa?: Thapini.