Wapea Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Wapea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 218 | 1:37,402 | 4,506 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
Wapea (32) may also be a first name.
Wapea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wapea occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapea? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,098,270th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wapea reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 32 people.
The surname Wapea is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 37,402. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 79 percent live, National Capital District, where 8 percent live and Western Highlands, where 6 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Wapea
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