Japhete Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Japhete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Japhete (801) may also be a first name.
Japhete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japhete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Japhete occurs most in Chad. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Japhete.
How Common Is The Last Name Japhete? popularity and diffusion
The surname Japhete is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Japhete reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 20 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Japhete is also the 289,129th most commonly held given name throughout the world It is held by 801 people.
The surname Japhete is most widely held in Chad, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 13,592,199. Not including Chad this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and Ethiopia, where 20 percent live.
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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 Japhete
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