Wapis Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Wapis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 203 | 1:40,166 | 4,870 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
Wapis (86) may also be a first name.
Wapis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wapis occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wapis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapis? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,088,856th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname Wapis is mostly found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Wapis reside; 90 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 90 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,032,266th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 86 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 40,166. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 38 percent live, West Sepik, where 20 percent live and Hela, where 9 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wappis | 91 | 60 | / |
| Wapise | 91 | 4 | / |
| Wapies | 91 | 1 | / |
| Whapies | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wappish | 83 | 0 | / |
| Bapis | 80 | 41 | / |
| Vapis | 80 | 33 | / |
| Wopis | 80 | 15 | / |
| Wapes | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wapiz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wapic | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wepis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whappies | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wappes | 73 | 244 | / |
| Bapish | 73 | 13 | / |
| Baphis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wuipis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bapuis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wapees | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vapois | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wapicz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waipes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wappitsch | 71 | 2 | / |
| Woupios | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bapisch | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vaipies | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaiphis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waspeys | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wappich | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wapis
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