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 surname Japi (Hindi: जापी, Marathi: जपी, Oriya: ଜପି) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Japi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 302,831st most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,816,078 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Japi reside; 51 percent reside in Southern Africa and 51 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Japi is also the 170,765th most frequent forename worldwide It is held by 1,967 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 338 people, or 1 in 45,675. In Zimbabwe Japi is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 32 percent reside, Harare Province, where 28 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 18 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Japi exists in 30 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 22 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
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
- 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 Japi
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