Waipan Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Waipan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Waipan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waipan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waipan is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waipan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,312,869th most prevalent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 47 percent of Waipan reside; 47 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 47 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Waipan is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 94 percent live, East Sepik, where 3 percent live and Enga, where 3 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Waipan exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 38 percent live and Thailand, where 12 percent live.
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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 Waipan
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