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
Walapa (Oriya: ୱାଲାପା) is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walapa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 591,720th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Walapa reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Walapa is also the 540,009th most common first name globally It is held by 271 people.
The last name Walapa is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Beside Malawi this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs 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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