Japata Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Japata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Japata (123) may also be a first name.
Japata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Japata (Marathi: जपता) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japata? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,460,878th most common surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 36 percent of Japata are found; 34 percent are found in West Africa and 34 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 840,349th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 123 people.
The last name Japata is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 33 percent live, Ondo, where 29 percent live and Oyo, where 24 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 30 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Japata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Japata in the Marathi language | ||
| जपता | japata | - |
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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 Japata
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