Wakup Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wakup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea801:101,92113,735
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638

Wakup (52) may also be a first name.

Wakup Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wakup Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wakup is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakup? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wakup is the 1,194,481st most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 41 percent of Wakup reside; 41 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 41 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wakup is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 52 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 101,921. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 39 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 28 percent reside and Morobe, where 18 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea Wakup is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 24 percent reside.

Wakup Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wakup surname are 46.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 93.33% registered with the political party.

Wakup earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.4% less than the national average, earning $33,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wakaup9131/
Wakeup9115/
Waikup911/
Wackup910/
Wakub8017/
Wacup806/
Wokup803/
Bakoup7320/
Bakaup733/
Waycup731/
Weikup731/
Wakoub731/
Bakeup731/
Wokoupe672/
Backoup672/

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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 Wakup
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