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
The last name Japena occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Japena occurs predominantly in Africa, where 40 percent of Japena are found; 40 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 40 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,091,646th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 78 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Japena is most numerous in: Hela, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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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