Japena Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Japena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Japena (78) may also be a first name.
Japena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Japena occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Japena live; 40 percent live in Oceania Islands and 40 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Japena is also the 1,091,646th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 78 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and The Philippines, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Japena
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