Wapiti Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Wapiti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wapiti (10) may also be a first name.
Wapiti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapiti Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wapiti is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wapiti.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapiti? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Wapiti are found; 88 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 88 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Wapiti is most common in: Western, where 86 percent live and East Sepik, where 14 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 13 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 Wapiti
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