Walapa Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Walapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Indonesia | 134 | 1:986,934 | 72,456 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Walapa (271) may also be a first name.
Walapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walapa (Oriya: ୱାଲାପା) is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walapa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Walapa is the 591,720th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,828,360 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Walapa live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Walapa is also the 540,009th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 271 people.
This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and Zambia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walapa in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଲାପା | walapa | - |
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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 Walapa
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