Yapus Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

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

Yapus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yapus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yapus (28) may also be a first name.

Yapus Last Name Facts

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

Yapus is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yapus? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Yapus occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Yapus are found; 93 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 93 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yapus is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 28 people.

It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 42 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 35 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 23 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jyapus9111/
Yiapus911/
Yapu893,298/
Japus80665/
Jyapu80465/
Yaput80220/
Yapud80111/
Yapuc8069/
Yatpu8059/
Yapgu8054/
Yapau8047/
Yapup8027/
Yapui8026/
Yapou8024/
Yaspu8015/
Yapos8010/
Yappu806/
Yapeu802/
Yapuy802/
Yaphu802/
Yadpu801/
Yiapu801/
Ayyapu73257/
Eyyapu7362/
Yiapeu7326/
Yapaud7318/
Aiyapu7310/
Uyyapu738/
Japuis736/
Yopuse735/
Yaphau733/
Japuse733/
Yasdpu733/
Yiapou731/
Yadpud731/
Yiapui731/
Japeus730/
Japu67386/
Yopu6778/
Ayyadpu6722/
Eapu6718/
Ayyappu6710/
Iapu674/
Yapú673/
Jhaupus672/
Hyapaud671/
Yahphuj671/
Gaayapu671/
Eyyappu671/
Yaphahu671/
Yapó671/

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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 Yapus
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