Iapia Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Iapia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iapia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea581:140,58119,337
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Iapia (17) may also be a first name.

Iapia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iapia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Iapia (Russian: Иапиа) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iapia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,506,728th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Iapia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Iapia live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Iapia is also the 2,694,839th most common first name worldwide It is held by 17 people.

It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea Iapia is primarily found in: Western, where 81 percent live, Northern, where 12 percent live and East New Britain, where 7 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yapia80219/
Japia8030/
Yapias73919/
Jaipia7350/
Geapia731/
Japias731/
Yapiaz731/
Yiapio731/
Yoapia731/
Ojiopia6780/
Yapiash6749/
Ihopiah6721/
Yapaiya676/
Japiass675/
Jahapia671/
Jaipiea671/
Jaupiaj671/

Iapia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iapia in the Russian language
Иапиаiapia-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Iapia
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