Japona Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Japona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 574 | 1:176,373 | 28,505 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
The alternate forms: Japoña (1) are calculated separately.
Japona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Japona is found most in The Philippines. It may be found as a variant: Japoña. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Japona? popularity and diffusion
Japona is the 546,286th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Japona live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This last name is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 574 people, or 1 in 176,373. In The Philippines Japona is most numerous in: Northern Mindanao, where 40 percent reside, Caraga, where 31 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 8 percent reside. Beside The Philippines this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Japona
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