Japus Surname
Approximately 665 people bear this surname
Japus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 655 | 1:154,562 | 25,654 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Japuš (8) are calculated separately.
Japus (10) may also be a first name.
Japus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Japus (Hindi: जपूस) occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Japuš. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japus? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 496,112th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 10,958,716 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Japus live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name globally It is held by 10 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 655 people, or 1 in 154,562. In The Philippines Japus is primarily concentrated in: Northern Mindanao, where 44 percent are found, Caraga, where 9 percent are found and Central Visayas, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Japus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Japus in the Hindi language | ||
| जपूस | japusa | - |
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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 Japus
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