Wapei Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Wapei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Wapei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wapei occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,506,728th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Wapei live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 71 percent live, Morobe, where 12 percent live and New Ireland, where 10 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, 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 Wapei
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