Wapira Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Wapira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 55 | 1:10,546 | 1,849 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wapira (48) may also be a first name.
Wapira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wapira occurs most in The Solomon Islands. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,943,350th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wapira live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 48 people.
This last name is most common in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 10,546. In The Solomon Islands it is most common in: Makira Province, where 75 percent live and Malaita Province, where 25 percent live. Beside The Solomon Islands it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 39 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuapira | 92 | 27 | / |
| Wapirah | 92 | 4 | / |
| Waapira | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wapfaira | 86 | 32 | / |
| Wapiri | 83 | 239 | / |
| Wapera | 83 | 97 | / |
| Bapira | 83 | 25 | / |
| Wapura | 83 | 21 | / |
| Wapire | 83 | 9 | / |
| Vapira | 83 | 7 | / |
| Wapiry | 83 | 2 | / |
| Waapera | 77 | 491 | / |
| Wapiroh | 77 | 144 | / |
| Hwapera | 77 | 67 | / |
| Wuapera | 77 | 22 | / |
| Waphera | 77 | 4 | / |
| Waipura | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wapaire | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bappira | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waphiro | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wuaapera | 71 | 24 | / |
| Wuaperah | 71 | 19 | / |
| Bapoiray | 71 | 3 | / |
| Waipetra | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wepierra | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waipurai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bapiri | 67 | 1,290 | / |
| Waperi | 67 | 164 | / |
| Bapiro | 67 | 140 | / |
| Wapere | 67 | 108 | / |
| Bapiry | 67 | 46 | / |
| Wopera | 67 | 29 | / |
| Bapire | 67 | 26 | / |
| Bapera | 67 | 18 | / |
| Vapiri | 67 | 11 | / |
| Waiphetra | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wepera | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wopiri | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wepura | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wapery | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vapera | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vapiro | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vapura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wopiro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bopira | 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
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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 Wapira
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