Wapipi Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

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

Wapipi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wapipi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda201:1,951,96463,898
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Wapipi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wapipi is most common in Uganda. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wapipi.

How Common Is The Last Name Wapipi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wapipi is the 3,485,539th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Wapipi reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 1,951,964. In Uganda Wapipi is mostly concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 50 percent live, Wakiso District, where 30 percent live and Mbale District, where 10 percent live. Excluding Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waipipi921/
Wapipa8335/
Uapipi8330/
Wapupi833/
Wopipi831/
Bapipi831/
Wapepa6734/
Bapepi671/
Waphepha571/
Wahpepeah531/
Vapepe5030/
Bapepe505/
Vapepa501/
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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 Wapipi
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