Yapesa Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Yapesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yapesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania781:678,73939,598
Kenya611:757,04831,106
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Yapesa (13) may also be a first name.

Yapesa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yapesa is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Yapesa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yapesa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,447,279th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname Yapesa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yapesa live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 13 people.

The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 678,739. In Tanzania Yapesa is most prevalent in: Ruvuma Region, where 86 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 12 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania Yapesa exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 41 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yapsa9125/
Yapasa8369/
Yapisa8350/
Yapeca8329/
Yapese8321/
Yapsat835/
Japesa833/
Yapssa831/
Yapsas831/
Yapisah774/
Yapecha772/
Japaesa771/
Yapshap771/
Yaphosa771/
Yabsa7344/
Yapso732/
Yavsa731/
Yopsa730/
Yapissah711/
Yopasa67975/
Japsay67534/
Japeca6785/
Yapsoi6768/
Japisa6730/
Yapseu6723/
Japasa6717/
Yapisi6713/
Yapiso6712/
Yahaupisa679/
Yapise678/
Yabsat674/
Yapaso672/
Yapeco671/
Japsap671/
Yaposo671/
Yapoza671/
Yapsoy671/
Yabsha671/
Yavsha671/
Yopisa671/

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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 Yapesa
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