Wakap Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Wakap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 119 | 1:174,530 | 18,525 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93 | 1:87,674 | 11,644 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Wakap (87) may also be a first name.
Wakap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakap Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakap (Oriya: ୱାକପ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wakap.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakap? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,118,459th most numerous family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name Wakap is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Wakap live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 54 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wakap is also the 1,024,927th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 87 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 174,530. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent reside, West Region, where 38 percent reside and Centre Region, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakape | 91 | 278 | / |
| Wakaps | 91 | 46 | / |
| Wakaup | 91 | 31 | / |
| Waikaph | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vakap | 80 | 223 | / |
| Wokap | 80 | 113 | / |
| Wakab | 80 | 87 | / |
| Wakop | 80 | 44 | / |
| Waskahap | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wokape | 73 | 127 | / |
| Waskab | 73 | 40 | / |
| Waakop | 73 | 17 | / |
| Wakeup | 73 | 15 | / |
| Bahkap | 73 | 14 | / |
| Waikop | 73 | 13 | / |
| Vakhap | 73 | 10 | / |
| Wakope | 73 | 4 | / |
| Vakape | 73 | 4 | / |
| Uakhap | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bakaup | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bakaip | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wakhab | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vakaph | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baikap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wajkop | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wakkop | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woukap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vakahp | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waykop | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bakkap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baykap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bahakap | 67 | 325 | / |
| Wajskop | 67 | 35 | / |
| Waikhop | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wokaphe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakhaib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vajkape | 67 | 1 | / |
Wakap Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakap in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାକପ | wakapa | - |
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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 Wakap
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