Jap Surname

202,554th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,056 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Suriname

Jap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jap Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,0561:125,23612,615
India5511:1,392,13353,582
Malaysia2821:104,5897,099
Taiwan321:732,6485,233
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Cameroon221:944,04961,779
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England21:27,859,030389,889
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Jap (10,628) may also be a first name.

Jap Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jap (Hindi: जप, Marathi: जप, Oriya: ଜପ, Tibetan: རྒྱབ་) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jap? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 202,554th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,544,526 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Jap live; 66 percent live in Southeast Asia and 65 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jap is also the 58,809th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 10,628 people.

The surname Jap is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,056 people, or 1 in 125,236. In Indonesia Jap is primarily concentrated in: South Sumatra, where 30 percent are found, Jakarta, where 28 percent are found and North Sumatra, where 9 percent are found. Other than Indonesia it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in India, where 27 percent are found and Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.

Jap Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Jap has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Jap surname grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jap Last Name Statistics demography

Jap earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 13.67% less than the national average, earning $42,890 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jape863,652/
Jaap861,463/
Japp861,321/
Japs86779/
Jhap86693/
Djap86462/
Jaep86173/
Jaup86122/
Jaip86113/
Ijap8675/
Jiap8639/
Tjap8629/
Jahp8620/
Japh8615/
Jeap8613/
Japz8610/
Jasp862/
Jayp862/
Jadp861/
Jabp861/
Japf861/
Jjap861/
Ja80154,504/
Jaspe7510,728/
Jappe751,078/
Jaype75237/
Jazpe75201/
Ijape75129/
Djaip75117/
Jaiph75111/
Djape75106/
Ojhap7579/
Japhe7556/
Jahap7532/
Jihap7532/
Jaupt7526/
Tjape7520/
Jhaph7514/
Djaup7514/
Jassp7510/
Jhape757/
Jeaps757/
Jaaps757/
Japps756/
Jhaap756/
Jaipe756/
Ejjap754/
Jjapp753/
Jaaph753/
Aijap753/
Jaape753/
Jhaip752/
Jasph752/
Japht752/
Jyapt751/
Jashp751/
Jadpe751/
Jaeph751/
Ijaph751/
Jaaap751/
Jaupe751/
Jyajp751/
Ajiap751/
Zjhap751/
Djajp751/
Hjaip751/
Jia674,665,311/
Jha671,187,034/
Yap67173,355/
Jay6755,828/
Jad6746,905/
Jat6741,376/
Jah6725,414/
Cap6719,440/
Sap6711,743/
Jas679,372/
Jai679,315/
Jau676,907/
Dja675,556/
Jop674,172/
Jaa674,040/
Joa673,973/
Ija672,066/
Jab671,972/
Hap671,770/
Jaj671,598/
Jav671,312/
Jaz671,178/
Eap67586/
Jya67475/
Jea67350/
Tja67339/
Zap67282/
Tjappe67130/
Jaß67118/
Jja6789/
Jza6764/
Iap6758/
Jač6736/
Hja6730/
Ajjapp6725/
Ojhaph6723/
Jga6722/
Djaupe6716/
Ujjapp6710/
Ojhaip677/
Zja677/
Jahaph676/
Jhadpe675/
Jasspe674/
Xja674/
Jaapht673/
Jaaipe673/
Jaÿ672/
Japova671/
Jausph671/
Jaipeh671/
Hijasp671/
Jahaip671/
Hijape671/
Jaà671/
Jaï671/
Jaû671/
Jać671/
Jasphe671/
Jhaaph671/
Jhaupe671/
Jjaspe671/
Jâa671/
Jóa671/
Ojhaup671/
Ujhaph671/
Djaphe671/
Jeapht671/
J'A671/

Jap Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jap in the Tibetan language
རྒྱབ་gyab-
Jap in the Marathi language
जपjapa87.5
जापjapa12.5
Jap in the Oriya language
ଜପjapa85.94
ଯପyapa9.55
ଜାପjapa2.41
Jap in the Hindi language
जपjapa83.33
जापjapa14.58
ज्ञापjnapa2.08

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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
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  • 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 Jap
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