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 last name Wakap (Oriya: ୱାକପ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakap? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wakap is the 1,118,459th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Wakap live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 54 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 87 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 174,530. In Cameroon Wakap is most common in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent live, West Region, where 38 percent live and Centre Region, where 20 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
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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