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.

DNA test information

Japhety Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 surname Japhety is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Japhety click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Japhety? popularity and diffusion

Japhety is the 1,073,555th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. Japhety occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Japhety live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Japhety is also the 665,130th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 187 people.

The last name Japhety is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 234,255. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 66 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 23 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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