Wapene Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wapene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Wapene (8) may also be a first name.
Wapene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wapene is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wapene.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Wapene occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Wapene reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 8 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Enga, where 50 percent reside and Morobe, where 50 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 50 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapeene | 92 | 5 | / |
| Waypene | 92 | 3 | / |
| Wapenge | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wapeeney | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wapena | 83 | 160 | / |
| Wapane | 83 | 28 | / |
| Wapein | 83 | 6 | / |
| Waphen | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wepene | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wapeni | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapean | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapeny | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapine | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapone | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bapene | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapenyi | 77 | 14 | / |
| Waipein | 77 | 6 | / |
| Watphen | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wapeena | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wopeneh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wapinea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wapiten | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wahpone | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baupene | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wapeesin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waypayne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waspiner | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bopene | 67 | 48 | / |
| Baphen | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wapini | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vopene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vapane | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wopane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wapain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vapeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bapine | 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 Wapene
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