Waip Surname

679,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 438 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Waip Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waip Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea3921:20,8002,213
Indonesia421:3,148,790173,812
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Waip (233) may also be a first name.

Waip Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Waip Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Waip is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waip? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 679,794th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,638,233 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Waip live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Waip is also the 587,225th most numerous first name in the world, held by 233 people.

This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 20,800. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Enga, where 45 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 18 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 17 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waipe89143/
Waiap8928/
Waiph895/
Wajip892/
Waiep892/
Wayip892/
Wap861,136/
Wip86449/
Waiphe802/
Whaipe801/
Wipf753,615/
Wape751,397/
Wapp75516/
Wipp75374/
Whip75328/
Waup75256/
Wapf75139/
Waib7598/
Wipe7567/
Waap7562/
Baip7546/
Whap7535/
Vaip7517/
Weap7512/
Wiph7511/
Wahp759/
Wipt758/
Woip758/
Weip754/
Waph754/
Wuap753/
Vwap752/
Wayp751/
Vwip751/
Wibp751/
Wipz751/
Wizp751/
Wiep751/
Wapz751/
Wapt751/
Hwap751/
Waihape7375/
Whipp673,052/
Wajib671,360/
Wahap671,206/
Waspe67379/
Weape67308/
Whaap67151/
Wispe67124/
Weyap6798/
Whaib6742/
Baiap6738/
Weipe6736/
Wayop6732/
Wippe6729/
Wajpe6726/
Weipz6723/
Whipe6720/
Woyap6719/
Wayap6718/
Wiyop6716/
Wayep6713/
Wijip6712/
Waiab6710/
Wappe6710/
Wiyap6710/
Wehap679/
Vajip676/
Baiph676/
Wuyap676/
Waaps675/
Whipf674/
Waasp674/
Wahup673/
Wayib673/
Wiyep673/
Vaiph673/
Wipps672/
Wuiep672/
Hwaib672/
Wawep672/
Vaipp672/
Witpe671/
Wipfs671/
Weeap671/
Wapph671/
Whitp671/
Watps671/
Whapp671/
Wheap671/
Weips671/
Vayip671/
Vaiap671/
Vaiip671/
Wassp671/
Wa'ap671/
Woipe671/
Wuyip671/
Whiep671/
Wijop671/
Wahhp671/
Waphe671/
Vaidp671/
Wuape671/
Wipfe670/
Wabpe670/
Waupe670/
Wauhp670/

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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
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  • 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 Waip
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