Wapena Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Wapena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 158 | 1:51,606 | 6,482 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wapena (65) may also be a first name.
Wapena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wapena occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wapena is the 1,374,607th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wapena reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wapena is also the 1,212,820th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 65 people.
The last name Wapena is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 51,606. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Enga, where 80 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 15 percent live and Morobe, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapenga | 92 | 41 | / |
| Wapeena | 92 | 3 | / |
| Wapana | 83 | 125 | / |
| Wapona | 83 | 43 | / |
| Wapeno | 83 | 33 | / |
| Wapina | 83 | 21 | / |
| Wepena | 83 | 13 | / |
| Bapena | 83 | 12 | / |
| Wapene | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wapeni | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapeny | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapenhaus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wapinga | 77 | 50 | / |
| Wapemha | 77 | 32 | / |
| Wapenyi | 77 | 14 | / |
| Wapeene | 77 | 5 | / |
| Waypene | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bapeena | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bappena | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wapinea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waipana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wapenge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vapenga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vapenas | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wappenhaus | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wapeeney | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vapenais | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bapina | 67 | 539 | / |
| Wapaño | 67 | 86 | / |
| Bopena | 67 | 72 | / |
| Vapana | 67 | 18 | / |
| Vapina | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wapano | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wapini | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wopina | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wapino | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wapine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vapeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wopana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wopona | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bapene | 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
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- 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 Wapena
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