Wakapu Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Wakapu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wakapu (13) may also be a first name.
Wakapu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakapu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakapu occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakapu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Wakapu reside; 96 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 96 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name globally, held by 13 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Wakapu is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 27 percent live, Hela, where 18 percent live and Enga, where 14 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 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 Wakapu
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