Japhety Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Japhety Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Japhety Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2261:234,25519,221
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Japhety (187) may also be a first name.

Japhety Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Japhety Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Japhety is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Japhety click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Japhety? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,073,555th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. The last name Japhety occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Japhety reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 665,130th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 187 people.

The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 234,255. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 66 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 23 percent live and Arusha Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Japheti861,538/
Japhete865/
Japheta861/
Japhetj861/
Yaphety861/
Japhethi804/
Japhethe801/
Jhapheta801/
Japhette801/
Japeti7712/
Yapety7711/
Japeta778/
Japeter712/
Yapheta711/
Japitay711/
Japhite711/
Japette711/
Jaupetti673/
Japhiter671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Japhety
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