Waipu Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Waipu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 123 | 1:66,290 | 8,647 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Waipu (27) may also be a first name.
Waipu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waipu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waipu is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waipu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waipu is the 1,565,797th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. Waipu occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Waipu are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 27 people.
The last name Waipu is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 66,290. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 40 percent live, Milne Bay, where 25 percent live and Enga, where 16 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waipou | 91 | 9 | / |
| Wayipu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Waipau | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wapu | 89 | 949 | / |
| Wipu | 89 | 87 | / |
| Whaiapu | 83 | 65 | / |
| Waiphut | 83 | 20 | / |
| Wapou | 80 | 173 | / |
| Baipu | 80 | 127 | / |
| Vaipu | 80 | 81 | / |
| Wapui | 80 | 79 | / |
| Wapau | 80 | 67 | / |
| Wapeu | 80 | 46 | / |
| Wipou | 80 | 31 | / |
| Weipu | 80 | 16 | / |
| Waapu | 80 | 14 | / |
| Weapu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Hwapu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Wipau | 80 | 5 | / |
| Waupu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wiphu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wappu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Watpu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waypu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wapus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wappou | 73 | 356 | / |
| Baipou | 73 | 164 | / |
| Weipau | 73 | 22 | / |
| Vaiphu | 73 | 20 | / |
| Wapuha | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wappeu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Vaipou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wiyapu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wa'apu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wapaud | 73 | 2 | / |
| Weapau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wayapu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waipoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wappau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vayipu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bayipu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wippus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whapus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wappus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bapu | 67 | 8,752 | / |
| Bipu | 67 | 3,751 | / |
| Baiphui | 67 | 112 | / |
| Vapu | 67 | 78 | / |
| Wepu | 67 | 41 | / |
| Vipu | 67 | 37 | / |
| Vaiphui | 67 | 29 | / |
| Wiyaphu | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wappaus | 67 | 16 | / |
| Vaiahpu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Uapu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vaiphus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiyappu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wappouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weiputt | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Waipu
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