Walpe Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

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

Walpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1971:41,3895,043
United States131:27,881,456736,413
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Walpé (1) are calculated separately.

Walpe (107) may also be a first name.

Walpe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walpe (Marathi: वलपे) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Walpé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walpe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,140,742nd most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. Walpe occurs mostly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Walpe are found; 93 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 93 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 910,230th most frequently held forename at a global level. It is borne by 107 people.

It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 197 people, or 1 in 41,389. In Papua New Guinea Walpe is most frequent in: Jiwaka, where 64 percent live, West Sepik, where 15 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 9 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Walpe Last Name Statistics demography

Walpe earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.77% more than the national average, earning $44,344 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walpé931/
Wallpe91257/
Walpes918/
Walp891,174/
Walphet831/
Walpett831/
Wolpe80472/
Balpe8094/
Walpa8088/
Walpi8060/
Valpe8035/
Walph802/
Walpp801/
Walpz801/
Wallpher776/
Valpey73213/
Valper7343/
Wallpa7329/
Wolpes738/
Wualpa736/
Valpei734/
Valpes733/
Balpei733/
Valpez732/
Valpet732/
Wolpeh731/
Wailep731/
Whelpe730/
Balpey730/
Balp67521/
Walb67164/
Valp6731/
Wolp6726/
Wolphie671/
Vallpeu671/
Whelpey671/
Woolpes671/
Wollper671/
Wolphes670/
Woolper670/
Wolpper670/

Walpe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Walpe in the Marathi language
वलपेvalape-

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Walpe Reference & Research

Wolper FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Walpe
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