Where Does The Last Name Wapas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Wapas (Hindi: वापस) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wapas.

How Common Is The Last Name Wapas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Wapas is the 3,882,373^rd most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Wapas live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wapas is also the 2,900,335^th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 15 people.

It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Enga, where 57 percent live, Hela, where 29 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 14 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent live and Egypt, where 4 percent live.

Wapas Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Wapas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wapas surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.