Japhy Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Japhy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Japhy (71) may also be a first name.
Japhy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japhy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Japhy is most common in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Japhy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Japhy occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Japhy live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Japhy is also the 1,152,838th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 71 people.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Barring Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and South Africa, where 14 percent live.
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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 Japhy
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