Walupa Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Walupa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walupa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Walupa (14) may also be a first name.

Walupa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walupa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walupa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Walupa is mostly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Walupa are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Walupa is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 14 people.

The surname Walupa is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Walupa is mostly found in: Hela, where 59 percent are found, Jiwaka, where 29 percent are found and National Capital District, where 6 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waliupa9213/
Wailupa922/
Balupa83103/
Walupy8359/
Walipa8358/
Walupi8328/
Valupa833/
Walupe832/
Wahlupi7714/
Walipah776/
Vallupa773/
Wailupe771/
Vaalupa771/
Walloupe7118/
Wouloupa711/
Wahloopa710/
Valupi6766/
Valipa6712/
Welipa6711/
Walipo676/
Balupe675/
Velupa672/
Bolupa671/
Balupo671/

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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 Walupa
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