Wapil Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

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

Wapil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wapil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Wapil (62) may also be a first name.

Wapil Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wapil Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wapil is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wapil.

How Common Is The Last Name Wapil? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Wapil live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 86 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wapil is also the 1,246,114th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 62 people.

This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Wapil is primarily found in: Jiwaka, where 33 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 33 percent are found and Chimbu, where 17 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea Wapil occurs in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waipil9115/
Wapuil913/
Whapil911/
Waapill831/
Wappl80138/
Bapil8025/
Wapel8010/
Wepil802/
Vapil802/
Wappel73754/
Wospil7330/
Waipel7313/
Vaapil734/
Wopiel733/
Baipil732/
Whapel730/
Waupel730/
Vaspil730/
Wappelt675/
Wapehel675/
Uapl674/
Wappell671/

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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 Wapil
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