Wapeh Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Wapeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wapeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wapeh is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wapeh is the 2,776,799th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wapeh are found; 61 percent are found in Central Africa and 61 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Wapeh is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Wapeh is most common in: Southwest Region, where 60 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 37 percent are found and West Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 35 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Wapeh
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