Yakapu Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yakapu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yakapu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Yakapu (15) may also be a first name.

Yakapu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yakapu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yakapu is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakapu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,228,735th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. Yakapu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Yakapu are found; 81 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 81 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yakapu is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name on earth, held by 15 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 43 percent live, National Capital District, where 33 percent live and Enga, where 17 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yakaput921/
Yakapeu921/
Jakapu8313/
Yakopu834/
Jakkapu77349/
Yakophu773/
Yakoppu771/
Yakgopu771/
Jakkaapu711/
Jakopu671/
Yakoubpou671/
Yaeecappu671/
Jacappu621/
Iokapus621/
Yacoubpu571/
Yacoubpou5310/

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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 Yakapu
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