Walup Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

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

Walup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea441:185,31225,733
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Walup (16) may also be a first name.

Walup Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walup is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walup? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. Walup is mostly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Walup reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used given name globally It is held by 16 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 185,312. In Papua New Guinea Walup is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 43 percent reside, East Sepik, where 39 percent reside and National Capital District, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Walup Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Walup has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walupe912/
Walhup912/
Wallup911/
Waylup911/
Wailupe831/
Balup806/
Walub805/
Wolup802/
Valup801/
Walloupe7718/
Walhaupt770/
Baloup73169/
Ballup733/
Wallub730/
Baylup730/
Vauloup67184/
Valaupe6717/
Vallups674/
Vallupe671/
Bailupp671/
Weilupp670/

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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 Walup
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