Japana Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Japana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Philippines | 88 | 1:1,150,434 | 92,307 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Japana (481) may also be a first name.
Japana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Japana (Hindi: जपाना, Marathi: जपाना, Oriya: ଜାପାନା) occurs most in Malawi. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 801,116th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Japana reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 387,696th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 481 people.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Not including Malawi it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 25 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Japana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Japana in the Marathi language | ||
| जपाना | japana | 50 |
| जपना | japana | 50 |
| Japana in the Hindi language | ||
| जपाना | japana | 37.5 |
| जापाना | japana | 37.5 |
| जपना | japana | 25 |
| Japana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାପାନା | japana | 35.71 |
| ଜପନା | japana | 28.57 |
| ଯପନା | yapana | 21.43 |
| ଜାପାନ | japana | 7.14 |
| ପାପାନା | papana | 7.14 |
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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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- 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 Japana
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