Yapa Surname
Approximately 49,728 people bear this surname
Yapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 25,508 | 1:816 | 98 |
| India | 19,785 | 1:38,770 | 2,735 |
| Thailand | 1,452 | 1:48,649 | 5,675 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,232 | 1:6,618 | 446 |
| Turkey | 1,002 | 1:77,666 | 7,140 |
| United Arab Emirates | 116 | 1:78,985 | 7,143 |
| Indonesia | 95 | 1:1,392,097 | 95,389 |
| Australia | 77 | 1:350,594 | 29,558 |
| United States | 77 | 1:4,707,259 | 244,676 |
| Ivory Coast | 71 | 1:324,947 | 11,901 |
| Qatar | 59 | 1:39,966 | 4,109 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Yapa (9,058) may also be a first name.
Yapa Demographics
Average Yapa Salary in
United States
$40,292 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yapa (Hindi: यपा, Marathi: यापा, Russian: Япа) is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yapa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 11,301st most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 146,548 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Yapa reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 91 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 65,416th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 9,058 people.
Yapa is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 25,508 people, or 1 in 816. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 50 countries. It is also found in India, where 40 percent reside and Thailand, where 3 percent reside.
Yapa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yapa surname are 34.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.25% being registered to vote for the political party.
Yapa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.62% less than the national average, earning $40,292 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yapa in the Marathi language | ||
| यापा | yapa | - |
| Yapa in the Hindi language | ||
| यपा | yapa | 54.55 |
| यापा | yapa | 45.45 |
| Yapa in the Russian language | ||
| Япа | apa | - |
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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 Yapa
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