Around the globe, Japie (Japie 
, Yarpie) is quite a rare male given name. The first name Japie is habitual in South Africa, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Netherlands, where it is a rare masculine name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare mostly masculine, but uncommonly female name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in South Africa, Indonesia, and Philippines. Much less frequently, Japie is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Japie | Indonesia, Namibia, Netherlands, Romania, South Africa |
Japie is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
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japie louw South African rugby union footballer (1867-1936), ZA (b. 1867) |
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| japie krige South African rugby union player, ZA (b. 1879) |
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| japie hauptfleisch (b. 1875) |
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| japie greyling (b. 1890) |
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| japie heese South African writer, ZA (b. 1901) |
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| japie basson South African journalist, ZA (b. 1918) |
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| japie van wyk South African politician, ZA (b. 1935) |
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| japie coetzee ZA (b. 1931) |
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| japie van zyl director for Solar System Exploration at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NA (b. 1957) |
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| japie bogaards ZA (b. 1953) |
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| japie mulder South African rugby union footballer, ZA (b. 1969) |
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| japie motale footballer, ZA (b. 1979) |
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| japie greeff researcher |
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| japie kleinhans South African rugby union player |
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| japie mienie researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-0860-5285 |
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