Japi Surname
Approximately 1,253 people bear this surname
Japi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 338 | 1:45,675 | 7,010 |
| Indonesia | 272 | 1:486,210 | 39,964 |
| India | 211 | 1:3,635,381 | 101,965 |
| Lesotho | 145 | 1:14,018 | 3,095 |
| Botswana | 132 | 1:16,568 | 3,236 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Japi (1,967) may also be a first name.
Japi Demographics
Average Japi Salary in
South Africa
R 80,712
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Japi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Japi (Hindi: जापी, Marathi: जपी, Oriya: ଜପି) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 302,831st most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 5,816,078 people. The surname Japi is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Japi live; 51 percent live in Southern Africa and 51 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Japi is also the 170,765th most common first name at a global level It is held by 1,967 people.
It is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 338 people, or 1 in 45,675. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 32 percent are found, Harare Province, where 28 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 18 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 22 percent are found and India, where 17 percent are found.
Japi Last Name Statistics demography
Japi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.04% less than the national average, earning R 80,712 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Japi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Japi in the Marathi language | ||
| जपी | japi | 98.88 |
| जापी | japi | 1.12 |
| Japi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜପି | japi | 81.67 |
| ଯପି | yapi | 10.18 |
| ଜପୀ | japi | 2.49 |
| ଜାପି | japi | 2.26 |
| ଯାପି | yapi | 0.9 |
| ଯପୀ | yapi | 0.9 |
| Japi in the Hindi language | ||
| जापी | japi | 55.56 |
| जपी | japi | 44.44 |
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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 Japi
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