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

The surname Yakapu is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakapu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yakapu is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name 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 internationally. It is borne by 15 people.

It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 43 percent are found, National Capital District, where 33 percent are found and Enga, where 17 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.

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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