Yapesa Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Yapesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 78 | 1:678,739 | 39,598 |
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
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 surname Yapesa is found most in Tanzania. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yapesa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,447,279th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. Yapesa is predominantly found 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 frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 678,739. In Tanzania Yapesa is primarily found in: Ruvuma Region, where 86 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 12 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Yapesa occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 41 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yapsa | 91 | 25 | / |
| Yapasa | 83 | 69 | / |
| Yapisa | 83 | 50 | / |
| Yapeca | 83 | 29 | / |
| Yapese | 83 | 21 | / |
| Yapsat | 83 | 5 | / |
| Japesa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yapssa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yapsas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yapisah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yapecha | 77 | 2 | / |
| Japaesa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yapshap | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yaphosa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yabsa | 73 | 44 | / |
| Yapso | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yavsa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yopsa | 73 | 0 | / |
| Yapissah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yopasa | 67 | 975 | / |
| Japsay | 67 | 534 | / |
| Japeca | 67 | 85 | / |
| Yapsoi | 67 | 68 | / |
| Japisa | 67 | 30 | / |
| Yapseu | 67 | 23 | / |
| Japasa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Yapisi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Yapiso | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yahaupisa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yapise | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yabsat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yapaso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yapeco | 67 | 1 | / |
| Japsap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaposo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yapoza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yapsoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yabsha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yavsha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yopisa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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