Yapah Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

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

Yapah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yapah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yapah (19) may also be a first name.

Yapah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yapah is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yapah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 59 percent of Yapah are found; 59 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 59 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 19 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Yapah is primarily found in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 29 percent reside and Singapore, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaipah9119/
Yapaha915/
Yappah914/
Jyapah911/
Yapash911/
Yapa8949,728/
Yaspaha831/
Yaphahu831/
Yapaghi831/
Yappa804,157/
Yapha80871/
Yapai80230/
Yapas80207/
Yapea80133/
Yapat80102/
Yapau8047/
Yapoh8047/
Yahpa8045/
Yoapa8041/
Yadpa8040/
Yaapa8033/
Japah8032/
Yapay8026/
Yopah8022/
Yaspa8016/
Yapaz8016/
Yapoa8015/
Jyapa8014/
Yapho8014/
Yhapa8011/
Yiapa8010/
Yapap809/
Yapad804/
Yatpa803/
Yapaa802/
Yapfa801/
Jappah73514/
Yaphai73348/
Aiyapa73110/
Yaphot7374/
Ayyapa7334/
Yapait7332/
Yihapa7321/
Yaaipa7320/
Yapaud7318/
Yapeau7315/
Yiapas7311/
Jaipah739/
Yaphay735/
Yappas733/
Yaphau733/
Yaphat732/
Yahapa732/
Yaspha732/
Yatpho732/
Aayapa731/
Yhapaa731/
Yadpap731/
Yadppa731/
Jabpah731/
Japaht731/
Jahpah731/
Japaha731/
Japaih731/
Japhah731/
Yaappa731/
Yatdpa731/
Yaspas731/
Yappoh731/
Japash731/
Yopaih731/
Yadpat731/
Jaapah731/
Hyapha731/
Ayyappath7136/
Hyappeauh711/
Yapo6759,065/
Japa677,923/
Yopa672,403/
Ayyappa67943/
Aiyappa67447/
Iapa6761/
Eapa6743/
Uiyapat6740/
Aayappa6733/
Yahapai6732/
Yodpach6713/
Yapeaud6712/
Yatphat675/
Oiyapat674/
Jadpath673/
Ayyapat672/
Yahappa672/
Jatpath671/
Jappeah671/
Jappaha671/
Japahap671/
Hyapaud671/
Yaphais671/
Yaphaiy671/
Yappeau671/
Yapó671/
Yiappas671/
Ehapahe671/
Uyyapat671/

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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 Yapah
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