Wapeya Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Wapeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 103 | 1:79,162 | 10,424 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Wapeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wapeya has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wapeya is the 1,746,159th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Wapeya live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 79,162. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 81 percent live, Milne Bay, where 6 percent live and Morobe, where 5 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Wapeya
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