Japan Surname
Approximately 2,133 people bear this surname
Japan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 781 | 1:67,787 | 7,147 |
| Nigeria | 495 | 1:357,864 | 19,258 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| India | 176 | 1:4,358,326 | 114,799 |
| Indonesia | 115 | 1:1,149,993 | 82,063 |
| Pakistan | 89 | 1:2,007,235 | 19,294 |
| Peru | 69 | 1:460,639 | 13,676 |
| Malaysia | 65 | 1:453,757 | 23,130 |
| Afghanistan | 35 | 1:918,662 | 9,049 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Kenya | 25 | 1:1,847,196 | 36,049 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
Japan (6,215) may also be a first name.
Japan Demographics
Average Japan Salary in
Peru
S/. 10,303
Per year
Average Salary in
Peru
S/. 19,385
Per year
Japan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Japan (Arabic: يابان, Hindi: जापान, Marathi: जपान, Oriya: ଜାପାନ, Tibetan: ཇཱ་པན་) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 196,487th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,416,571 people. The surname Japan occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Japan live; 38 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 83,759th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 6,215 people.
The surname Japan is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 781 people, or 1 in 67,787. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mara Region, where 31 percent are found, Tabora Region, where 24 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 21 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Malawi, where 9 percent are found.
Japan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Japan surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Japan earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 46.85% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,303 per year and in South Africa they earn 92.19% less than the national average, earning R 18,564 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Japan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Japan in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇཱ་པན་ | japen | - |
| Japan in the Hindi language | ||
| जापान | japana | 93.42 |
| जपन | japana | 3.76 |
| जपान | japana | 1.88 |
| जापन | japana | 0.63 |
| Japan in the Marathi language | ||
| जपान | japana | 77.03 |
| जपन | japana | 15.54 |
| जापान | japana | 6.76 |
| जापन | japana | 0.68 |
| Japan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାପାନ | japana | 74.87 |
| ଜପନ | japana | 8.29 |
| ଯାପାନ | yapana | 8.04 |
| ଜାପାନାଇଁ | japana'im | 2.01 |
| ଯପନ | yapana | 1.51 |
| ଜାପନ | japana | 1.01 |
| ଯାପନ | yapana | 1.01 |
| ଜପାନ | japana | 0.75 |
| ଜାପା | japa | 0.75 |
| ଜାପାନ୍ | japan | 0.75 |
| ଜାପାନି | japani | 0.25 |
| Japan in the Arabic language | ||
| يابان | yaban | - |
| جابان | jaban | - |
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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 Japan
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