Japajapa Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Japajapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Japajapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Japajapa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Japajapa is found most in Zimbabwe. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Japajapa.

How Common Is The Last Name Japajapa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Japajapa occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Japajapa live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Japajapa is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe Japajapa is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 95 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 5 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yapajapa881/
Japachapa821/
Sapasapa754/
Capayapa751/
Yapacapa751/
Japijapi751/
Japayape751/
Yapacappa711/
Capaycapay67445/
Chapachapa67145/
Sapaypa671/
Capaypay631/
Yapape574/
Sopaipa533/
Yapaphe532/
Yapapea531/
Copacopa502/

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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 Japajapa
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