Walapwa Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Walapwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 39 | 1:406,408 | 20,045 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Walapwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walapwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Walapwa is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Walapwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walapwa? popularity and diffusion
Walapwa is the 3,100,440th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Walapwa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Walapwa is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 406,408. In Zambia Walapwa is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 72 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 10 percent reside and Northern Province, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 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 Walapwa
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