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    The surname Yap

    A Chinese surname, carried by 4,590 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Y100

    Yap: #7,261 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yap #7,261, 4,590 people Yap: #7,261 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yap #7,261, 4,590 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yap is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

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

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,590 people named Yap in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,265 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,603.

    #7,261
    rank among US surnames
    4,590
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.4%
    change since 2000 (was #8,424)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,255Nightingale4,59667,177
    #7,257Lohman4,59267,236
    #7,258Futch4,59167,250
    #7,261Beggs4,59067,265
    #7,264Humble4,58867,294

    Who is named Yap

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    83% of people named Yap identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.8% as two or more races and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Yaps

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Yap Kim Hock
      Badminton player, born 1970

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Yap

    Yap has the Soundex code Y100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y100.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Yap come from?
    From Hokkien 葉 /叶 (Ia̍p) and Hakka 葉 /叶 (Ya̍p).
    How common is the surname Yap?
    4,590 people in the United States had the surname Yap in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,265 Americans. It ranked 7,261st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yap?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Yap identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.8% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Yap?
    Yap Kim Hock, badminton player.
    Where is the surname Yap most common?
    Wikidata records people named Yap in Malaysia.
    Is the surname Yap getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,590 in 2010, up 27%.