Yayap Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Yayap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Yayap (38) may also be a first name.
Yayap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yayap Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yayap is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yayap.
How Common Is The Last Name Yayap? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Yayap are found; 80 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 80 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,662,754th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 38 people.
The surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Yayap is most common in: Morobe, where 88 percent live and Hela, where 13 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
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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 Yayap
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