# Yap (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yap/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Chinese surname from Hokkien or Hakka.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,590 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,261 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 67,265 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (3,603 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Hokkien 葉 /叶 (Ia̍p) and Hakka 葉 /叶 (Ya̍p).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yap in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 83% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 8.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Yap in Malaysia.

## People named Yap

- Yap Kim Hock, badminton player

## Similar surnames

Yapp, Yip, Yeboah, Yopp.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.