Yapei Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Yapei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yapei (750) may also be a first name.
Yapei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yapei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yapei is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yapei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yapei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Yapei reside; 85 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 85 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 300,135th most widespread first name internationally, held by 750 people.
Yapei is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Yapei is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 82 percent reside, Morobe, where 12 percent reside and East Sepik, where 6 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea Yapei occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Yapei
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