Walpi Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

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

Walpi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walpi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea581:140,58119,337
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Walpi (51) may also be a first name.

Walpi Last Name Facts

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

Walpi occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walpi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,483,783rd most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname Walpi occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Walpi live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,396,783rd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 51 people.

The surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 69 percent are found, West Sepik, where 12 percent are found and Madang, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walpe80211/
Walpa8088/
Wolpi8049/
Valpi8032/
Balpi802/
Walpé801/
Wallpe73257/
Valpio7330/
Wallpa7329/
Walpes738/
Wualpa736/
Valpei734/
Balpei733/
Balpai733/
Valppi731/
Balpyi731/
Valpai731/
Vaalpi731/
Wolpih731/
Valpais6719/
Valpaić673/
Walphet671/
Wolphie671/
Walpett671/
Huallpi671/
Valpish671/

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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 Walpi
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