Wapesa Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Wapesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 147 | 1:265,573 | 19,326 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Wapesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wapesa is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,276,805th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Wapesa reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Wapesa is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 265,573. In Uganda Wapesa is mostly found in: Butaleja District, where 47 percent live, Mayuge District, where 22 percent live and Mbale District, where 11 percent live. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapeesa | 92 | 210 | / |
| Wappetsa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wapisa | 83 | 19 | / |
| Wapeso | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bapesa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapasa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wepesa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wapeeso | 77 | 21 | / |
| Bapesha | 77 | 4 | / |
| Waipasa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wapigea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wapeshi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wapeasi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wapaisa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waiphasa | 71 | 35 | / |
| Wapissea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watpisai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wapetshi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bapese | 67 | 369 | / |
| Wapiso | 67 | 122 | / |
| Bapisa | 67 | 108 | / |
| Wapisi | 67 | 29 | / |
| Bopesa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Vapasa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Vapeca | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wapoza | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wapise | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wopisa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bapeso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wopasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wepasa | 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 Wapesa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis