Wapo Surname
Approximately 871 people bear this surname
Wapo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 526 | 1:15,501 | 1,509 |
| Ivory Coast | 239 | 1:96,532 | 5,024 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wapo (351) may also be a first name.
Wapo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wapo is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 402,870th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,366,872 people. The last name Wapo is primarily found in Oceania, where 61 percent of Wapo reside; 61 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 61 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wapo is also the 465,148th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 351 people.
The surname Wapo is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 526 people, or 1 in 15,501. In Papua New Guinea Wapo is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 22 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 13 percent reside and Chimbu, where 13 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waipo | 89 | 191 | / |
| Wapou | 89 | 173 | / |
| Wapoi | 89 | 114 | / |
| Wappo | 89 | 33 | / |
| Wapoh | 89 | 24 | / |
| Weapo | 89 | 8 | / |
| Wapop | 89 | 8 | / |
| Wapoo | 89 | 6 | / |
| Wahpo | 89 | 4 | / |
| Waepo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wapho | 89 | 1 | / |
| Whapo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wappou | 80 | 356 | / |
| Waphop | 80 | 89 | / |
| Watpho | 80 | 23 | / |
| Waipou | 80 | 9 | / |
| Waupot | 80 | 8 | / |
| Waipop | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wapoos | 80 | 2 | / |
| Whapop | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wgapgo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wapuos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weahpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wapa | 75 | 5,272 | / |
| Wepo | 75 | 633 | / |
| Bapo | 75 | 597 | / |
| Wopo | 75 | 136 | / |
| Vapo | 75 | 8 | / |
| Uapo | 75 | 5 | / |
| Weahpoo | 73 | 10 | / |
| Waiphoj | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wappouh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wasphot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waipa | 67 | 668 | / |
| Bapoo | 67 | 386 | / |
| Wahpa | 67 | 278 | / |
| Bapou | 67 | 273 | / |
| Wapha | 67 | 163 | / |
| Woopo | 67 | 129 | / |
| Wappa | 67 | 112 | / |
| Waypa | 67 | 89 | / |
| Baupo | 67 | 89 | / |
| Waepa | 67 | 80 | / |
| Baipo | 67 | 71 | / |
| Weppo | 67 | 64 | / |
| Wapeu | 67 | 46 | / |
| Bappo | 67 | 38 | / |
| Woppo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wapah | 67 | 23 | / |
| Vapot | 67 | 22 | / |
| Woupo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vaipo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wuapa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Bapoi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Weapa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Huapo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Vapou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wepoh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wajpa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Weipo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Waupa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wwapa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wapaa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Baypo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wopoo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wopou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Waapa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Whepo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vapos | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vappo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wopgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wopos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wepou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bapho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wapfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wopoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwepo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vapoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baïpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaspo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wopod | 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
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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 Wapo
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