Wakpa Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Wakpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Wakpa (12) may also be a first name.
Wakpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakpa is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakpa? popularity and diffusion
Wakpa is the 2,372,517th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Wakpa is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Wakpa reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wakpa is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name on earth, held by 12 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria Wakpa is primarily found in: Taraba, where 52 percent live, Rivers, where 41 percent live and Benue, where 2 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakpah | 91 | 9 | / |
| Hwakpa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Weakpa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wakpha | 91 | 1 | / |
| Waykpai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wekpa | 80 | 547 | / |
| Wakpo | 80 | 142 | / |
| Vakpa | 80 | 77 | / |
| Wakpi | 80 | 66 | / |
| Wokpa | 80 | 25 | / |
| Wakpe | 80 | 11 | / |
| Wagpa | 80 | 10 | / |
| Uakpa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wokpah | 73 | 75 | / |
| Vakpah | 73 | 9 | / |
| Bakpai | 73 | 7 | / |
| Wakpou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bakpay | 73 | 3 | / |
| Woekpa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waikpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bakhpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woikpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uakpai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waakpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wegkpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wakpeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woekpah | 67 | 43 | / |
| Wahakpe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vaikpah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wokpeah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woukpoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whakpeh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wakpa
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