Yapson Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

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

Yapson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yapson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea521:156,80221,647
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
England21:27,859,030389,889
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086

Yapson (105) may also be a first name.

Yapson Last Name Facts

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

Yapson is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yapson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,312,869th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname Yapson occurs mostly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Yapson are found; 78 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 76 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yapson is also the 920,134th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 105 people.

The last name Yapson is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 156,802. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Western Highlands, where 58 percent reside, East Sepik, where 21 percent reside and Enga, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 9 percent reside and The Philippines, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Japson834,817/
Yabson8323/
Yapsan8316/
Yapsen832/
Iapson831/
Jappson771/
Jopson672,323/
Japzon67984/
Jabson67741/
Yavsan67288/
Japsen67146/
Yapsam6712/
Japsan676/
Yapcen672/
Japsom671/
Yavsun671/

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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 Yapson
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