Wakep Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Wakep Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Wakep (14) may also be a first name.
Wakep Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakep Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakep is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakep? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,106,139th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Wakep live; 60 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname Wakep is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Morobe, where 60 percent reside, Enga, where 18 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 16 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Wakep exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 40 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Wakep
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