Wapalin Surname
2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea
Wapalin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 86 | 1:94,811 | 12,690 |
Wapalin (33) may also be a first name.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapalion | 93 | 3 | / |
| Waipalin | 93 | 3 | / |
| Waplin | 92 | 0 | / |
| Waipalini | 88 | 6 | / |
| Wapaliwan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Wapulin | 86 | 16 | / |
| Wopalin | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wabalin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wapalana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vapalina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woplin | 77 | 28 | / |
| Waplan | 77 | 23 | / |
| Wiplian | 71 | 65 | / |
| Waplane | 71 | 11 | / |
| Wapleni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wabalan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wabalna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weplion | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weeplian | 67 | 19 | / |
| Voipalin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wapuleni | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vappelin | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vaypolin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wabalane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wapplane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waploune | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaipolin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaypolina | 63 | 8 | / |
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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 Wapalin
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis