Yapaye Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

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

Yapaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yapaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Yapaye (12) may also be a first name.

Yapaye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yapaye is found most in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yapaye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yapaye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yapaye is the 3,432,070th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Yapaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Yapaye are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 82 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name internationally, borne by 12 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Barring The DR Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and Liberia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yapae9199/
Yapay9126/
Yapaya83214/
Yapiye836/
Yaphay835/
Yapaae831/
Yapaie831/
Yapayi831/
Yapayap7728/
Yopaiye7719/
Yaphaiy771/
Japay732,597/
Yapie73233/
Yapai73230/
Yapea73133/
Yapau7347/
Yapei7320/
Yapoa7315/
Yapoe7313/
Yapee735/
Yapey734/
Yapeu732/
Yapuy732/
Yapaa732/
Japae731/
Yapayaya717/
Yaaipaya711/
Yaphai67348/
Yapiya6758/
Yapaji6741/
Yapait6732/
Yiapeu6726/
Yapaja6723/
Yapaud6718/
Jopaye6716/
Yapiyo6710/
Yapeya6710/
Joypay678/
Yapeyu677/
Jappay676/
Yaphie675/
Japhay674/
Yapuyo674/
Jaipae673/
Japuye673/
Yaphau673/
Yoopae672/
Yhapaa671/
Yapoey671/
Yoapee671/
Yapuya671/
Japaya671/
Japays671/
Yopayi671/
Yopiye671/
Yapowe671/
Yappie671/
Yapoyo671/
Yabpoy671/
Heapay670/

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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 Yapaye
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