Wapali Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wapali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wapali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1501:260,26219,079
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Wapali (94) may also be a first name.

Wapali Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wapali is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wapali? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wapali is the 1,338,236th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Wapali reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 980,251st most commonly used given name internationally It is held by 94 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 260,262. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Butaleja District, where 55 percent are found, Mbale District, where 18 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 8 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wapaali9213/
Wadpali923/
Wappali921/
Wapalai921/
Waiphali869/
Wapala8385/
Wapale8330/
Bapali8327/
Wapoli8325/
Vadpali77160/
Vapaliy77124/
Vaspali7729/
Bapalli7725/
Waipala7719/
Vaepali7712/
Vappali7712/
Vapalli775/
Wapolis774/
Bappali772/
Bapaliy772/
Wapaile771/
W'Epali771/
Wuapale771/
Baipali771/
Waphale771/
Vapalis771/
Wapaale771/
Baipalli71421/
Vatpalli71250/
Vadpalli71239/
Baypalli7135/
Vaspalli7121/
Baapalli715/
Vajpalli714/
Vaddpali714/
Vaadpali713/
Vaapalli713/
Wayphale712/
Vaepalli711/
Vaspaali711/
Vaipalli711/
Uappalli711/
Waipalee711/
Vaddpalli67307/
Wapele67111/
Bopali67101/
Vapala6789/
Wopala6782/
Bapale6730/
Wapola6725/
Wapole6722/
Vepali679/
Vapale678/
Vachpalli674/
Vaadpalli673/
Wepaly671/
Wapała671/
Baipallai671/
Bajjpalli671/
Uapala671/
Uapale671/
Vaaspalli671/
Vaatpalli671/
Bappahali671/

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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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  • 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 Wapali
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