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
Japhia (Marathi: जाफीया, Oriya: ଜାଫିଆ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Japhia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Japhia is the 4,034,050th most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is predominantly 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 numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 145 people.
The last name Japhia is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Japhia is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 95 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Japhia is found in 3 countries. It is also found 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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