Japhia Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Japhia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Japhia (145) may also be a first name.
Japhia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japhia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Japhia (Marathi: जाफीया, Oriya: ଜାଫିଆ) occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japhia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Japhia are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Japhia is also the 766,399th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 145 people.
Japhia is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 95 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Japhia is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Japhia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Japhia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାଫିଆ | japhi'a | - |
| Japhia in the Marathi language | ||
| जाफीया | japhiya | - |
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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 Japhia
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