Yapok Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

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

Yapok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yapok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1211:583,78899,456
Papua New Guinea521:156,80221,647
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Yapok (171) may also be a first name.

Yapok Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yapok occurs more in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yapok? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,227,038th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. Yapok occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Yapok live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 64 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 698,971st most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 171 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 583,788. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Nan Province, where 81 percent live and Chiang Rai Province, where 19 percent live. Other than Thailand Yapok is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaphook831/
Yapak80732/
Japok80286/
Yapoc80151/
Yapog8089/
Yapuk8042/
Yapokova771/
Yaphuk739/
Yabpak737/
Yaspak734/
Yapogh733/
Hiapok732/
Yapukh732/
Yapuuk731/
Jaipok731/
Jaipook6748/
Yapacık674/
Joypook672/
Aiyapak671/

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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 Yapok
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