Japhu Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Japhu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Japhu (21) may also be a first name.
Japhu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japhu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Japhu (Hindi: जाफू, Oriya: ଜଫୁ, Tibetan: བྱ་ཕུ།) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Japhu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japhu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Japhu is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Japhu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Japhu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 21 people.
The surname Japhu is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 17,647,204. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 33 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 33 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 33 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Japhu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Japhu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜଫୁ | japhu | - |
| Japhu in the Tibetan language | ||
| བྱ་ཕུ། | japu | 33.33 |
| རྒྱ་ཕུག། | gyapuk | 33.33 |
| བྱ་ཕུག། | japuk | 33.33 |
| Japhu in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफू | japhu | 33.33 |
| जाफु | japhu | 33.33 |
| जफू | japhu | 33.33 |
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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 Japhu
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