Wapata Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Wapata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Wapata Demographics
Average Wapata Salary in
South Africa
R 29,100
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wapata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wapata has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapata? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,095,216th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname Wapata is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Wapata reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Wapata is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 352,944. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent reside and Katavi Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 21 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
Wapata Last Name Statistics demography
Wapata earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.75% less than the national average, earning R 29,100 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waspata | 92 | 1 | / |
| Waipata | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wapota | 83 | 587 | / |
| Bapata | 83 | 389 | / |
| Wopata | 83 | 284 | / |
| Wapeta | 83 | 77 | / |
| Wapato | 83 | 30 | / |
| Wapati | 83 | 26 | / |
| Vapata | 83 | 11 | / |
| Uapata | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wapadthai | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wapatthai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wapeeta | 77 | 27 | / |
| Bapatha | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wepauta | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wahpeta | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bapatta | 77 | 3 | / |
| Baapata | 77 | 3 | / |
| Baphata | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bapatau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bapatai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waspate | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wadpate | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waiphattha | 75 | 7 | / |
| Waphatthai | 75 | 5 | / |
| Vahapata | 71 | 142 | / |
| Waipathi | 71 | 10 | / |
| Bappatta | 71 | 7 | / |
| Wadpathi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wachpati | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vapati | 67 | 198 | / |
| Bapate | 67 | 173 | / |
| Wopeta | 67 | 96 | / |
| Bopata | 67 | 79 | / |
| Vopata | 67 | 59 | / |
| Wapoto | 67 | 55 | / |
| Vapate | 67 | 34 | / |
| Bapota | 67 | 27 | / |
| Baphaitay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vapeta | 67 | 5 | / |
| Uapati | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vapota | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vapato | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wapata
- 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