Wapa Surname
Approximately 5,272 people bear this surname
Wapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,503 | 1:21,090 | 2,667 |
| Papua New Guinea | 881 | 1:9,255 | 745 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Indonesia | 193 | 1:685,229 | 53,355 |
| Cameroon | 130 | 1:159,762 | 17,345 |
| Nigeria | 117 | 1:1,514,041 | 57,594 |
| Solomon Islands | 89 | 1:6,517 | 960 |
| Poland | 81 | 1:469,244 | 47,315 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Wapa (997) may also be a first name.
Wapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wapa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺑﺎ, Hindi: वापा, Oriya: ୱାପା) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wapa.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 90,847th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,382,311 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Wapa live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 66 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 254,871st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 997 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 3,503 people, or 1 in 21,090. Other than The DR Congo it exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and Morocco, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wapa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺑﺎ | waba | - |
| Wapa in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାପା | wapa | - |
| Wapa in the Hindi language | ||
| वापा | vapa | 66.67 |
| वाप | vapa | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Wapa
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