Wapel Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Wapel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wapel (15) may also be a first name.
Wapel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wapel occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapel? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wapel is the 6,063,924th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Wapel occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Wapel are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wapel is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Wapel is most frequent in: Southern Highlands, where 78 percent reside, West Sepik, where 11 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 11 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea Wapel exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wappel | 91 | 754 | / |
| Waipel | 91 | 13 | / |
| Whapel | 91 | 0 | / |
| Waupel | 91 | 0 | / |
| Wappelt | 83 | 5 | / |
| Wapehel | 83 | 5 | / |
| Wappell | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wappl | 80 | 138 | / |
| Wepel | 80 | 45 | / |
| Wopel | 80 | 30 | / |
| Bapel | 80 | 9 | / |
| Wapil | 80 | 7 | / |
| Vapel | 80 | 0 | / |
| Vaupel | 73 | 4,980 | / |
| Bappel | 73 | 558 | / |
| Wöppel | 73 | 114 | / |
| Woppel | 73 | 90 | / |
| Weppel | 73 | 63 | / |
| Waipil | 73 | 15 | / |
| Vappel | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wopiel | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wapuil | 73 | 3 | / |
| Vaepel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baipel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vaspel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whapil | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vapell | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baupel | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bapell | 73 | 0 | / |
| Woeppel | 67 | 286 | / |
| Beaupel | 67 | 182 | / |
| Vaupell | 67 | 101 | / |
| Uapl | 67 | 4 | / |
| Woipele | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vaiphel | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vaupeld | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waapill | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaippel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woepell | 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 Wapel
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