Yakapu Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Yakapu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
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.
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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 Yakapu
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