Waepan Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Waepan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Waepan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waepan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waepan is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Waepan.
How Common Is The Last Name Waepan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waepan is the 5,057,639th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Waepan reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Waepan is most prevalent in: Central, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapan | 91 | 174 | / |
| Waphan | 83 | 14 | / |
| Wapean | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapaan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapain | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waaphan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Whaphan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Vaeypan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wapon | 73 | 148 | / |
| Vapan | 73 | 73 | / |
| Vepan | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wepon | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vappan | 67 | 19 | / |
| Wapein | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vaphan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weppon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waphon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boephan | 62 | 31 | / |
| Huaipan | 62 | 1 | / |
| Huayopan | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wopon | 55 | 17 | / |
| Vapon | 55 | 3 | / |
| Huaipatin | 53 | 13 | / |
| Wheijepon | 53 | 1 | / |
| Vophan | 50 | 2 | / |
| Văipan | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Waepan
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