Wapel Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wapel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wapel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

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

The surname Wapel is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wapel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Wapel occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Wapel reside; 90 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 90 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wapel is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 15 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Wapel is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 78 percent are found, West Sepik, where 11 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 11 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wappel91754/
Waipel9113/
Whapel910/
Waupel910/
Wappelt835/
Wapehel835/
Wappell831/
Wappl80138/
Wepel8045/
Wopel8030/
Bapel809/
Wapil807/
Vapel800/
Vaupel734,980/
Bappel73558/
Wöppel73114/
Woppel7390/
Weppel7363/
Waipil7315/
Vappel734/
Wopiel733/
Wapuil733/
Vaepel731/
Baipel731/
Vaspel731/
Whapil731/
Vapell731/
Baupel730/
Bapell730/
Woeppel67286/
Beaupel67182/
Vaupell67101/
Uapl674/
Woipele673/
Vaiphel672/
Vaupeld672/
Waapill671/
Vaippel671/
Woepell671/

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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
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  • 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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