Japah Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Japah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Japah (30) may also be a first name.
Japah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Japah is found most in Liberia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Japah? popularity and diffusion
Japah is the 3,485,539th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Japah live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 30 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 259,326. In Liberia Japah is most common in: Montserrado County, where 76 percent are found, Gbarpolu County, where 6 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 6 percent are found. Barring Liberia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 25 percent are found and Indonesia, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Japah
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