Waipe Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Waipe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 141 | 1:57,828 | 7,385 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Waipe (120) may also be a first name.
Waipe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waipe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waipe is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waipe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,478,479th most common family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Waipe occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Waipe are found; 99 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 99 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 852,104th most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 120 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 57,828. In Papua New Guinea Waipe is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 30 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 13 percent live and West Sepik, where 13 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Waipe is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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
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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 Waipe
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