Yapuna Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Yapuna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yapuna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184

Yapuna (12) may also be a first name.

Yapuna Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yapuna occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yapuna? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yapuna is the 4,532,898th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Yapuna occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 84 percent of Yapuna are found; 84 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 84 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yapuna is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 12 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 50 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 44 percent reside and National Capital District, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yapunga921/
Yapouna921/
Yapauna921/
Yapuno831/
Japuna831/
Yiapounas801/
Japunah7730/
Japunða7723/
Jyapuni7719/
Yaponha779/
Yopunas778/
Yapinai774/
Yaponai772/
Yapuner771/
Yiapona771/
Yapouni771/
Yaphonha71634/
Japona67586/
Iapona672/
Yapone672/
Japuni671/

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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 Yapuna
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