Japa Surname
Approximately 7,923 people bear this surname
Japa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,172 | 1:241,824 | 14,105 |
| Peru | 1,292 | 1:24,601 | 2,710 |
| Dominican Republic | 793 | 1:13,156 | 1,001 |
| Indonesia | 751 | 1:176,097 | 17,036 |
| Philippines | 557 | 1:181,756 | 29,223 |
| Ecuador | 507 | 1:31,372 | 3,778 |
| Thailand | 204 | 1:346,266 | 60,105 |
| Brazil | 142 | 1:1,507,566 | 50,366 |
| United States | 124 | 1:2,923,056 | 171,801 |
| Poland | 100 | 1:380,087 | 41,573 |
| Malaysia | 51 | 1:578,318 | 28,229 |
| Zimbabwe | 43 | 1:359,029 | 33,752 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
The alternate forms: Jâpa (2) are calculated separately.
Japa (17,112) may also be a first name.
Japa Demographics
Average Japa Salary in
United States
$44,019 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Japa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Japa (Hindi: जपा, Marathi: जापा, Oriya: ଜପ, Tibetan: ཇ་པ་) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Jâpa. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 63,229th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 919,796 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Japa reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 42,348th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 17,112 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 3,172 people, or 1 in 241,824. In India Japa is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 81 percent are found, Telangana, where 16 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent are found. Outside of India this surname is found in 55 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 16 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 10 percent are found.
Japa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Japa are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Japa earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 32.75% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,036 per year and in United States they earn 2.02% more than the national average, earning $44,019 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Japa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Japa in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇ་པ་ | japa | - |
| Japa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜପ | japa | 70.45 |
| ଜପା | japa | 15.34 |
| ଜାପା | japa | 3.98 |
| ଯପା | yapa | 2.84 |
| ଜାପ | japa | 2.27 |
| ଯପ | yapa | 1.7 |
| ଯାପା | yapa | 1.14 |
| Japa in the Hindi language | ||
| जपा | japa | 62.96 |
| जापा | japa | 33.33 |
| Japa in the Marathi language | ||
| जापा | japa | 62.5 |
| जपा | japa | 37.5 |
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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 Japa
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