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 surname Wapa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺑﺎ, Hindi: वापा, Oriya: ୱାପା) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapa? popularity and diffusion
Wapa is the 90,847th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,382,311 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wapa are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 66 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 254,871st most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 997 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,503 people, or 1 in 21,090. Excluding The DR Congo Wapa occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and Morocco, where 4 percent live.
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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