Wapon Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Wapon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 118 | 1:69,099 | 9,015 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Wapon (46) may also be a first name.
Wapon Demographics
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Wapon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wapon is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wapon.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,447,279th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname Wapon occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Wapon are found; 80 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 80 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wapon is also the 1,484,914th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 46 people.
The last name Wapon is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 69,099. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 39 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 29 percent reside and Milne Bay, where 13 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Wapon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wapon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wapon last name expanded 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wapon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wapon last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Wapon earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.13% less than the national average, earning $34,031 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waipon | 91 | 146 | / |
| Weapon | 91 | 42 | / |
| Waypon | 91 | 4 | / |
| Wapone | 91 | 1 | / |
| Waphon | 91 | 1 | / |
| Washpon | 83 | 41 | / |
| Weapond | 83 | 36 | / |
| Wadpong | 83 | 5 | / |
| Watpong | 83 | 4 | / |
| Waypong | 83 | 4 | / |
| Waiphon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wahpone | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wheapon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waipoon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bapon | 80 | 829 | / |
| Wapan | 80 | 174 | / |
| Wapun | 80 | 23 | / |
| Wopon | 80 | 17 | / |
| Uapon | 80 | 9 | / |
| Vapon | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wapom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wepon | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wadphong | 77 | 5 | / |
| Watpoung | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wapoteen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Whatpong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waupan | 73 | 195 | / |
| Waipan | 73 | 68 | / |
| Vapond | 73 | 29 | / |
| Huapon | 73 | 29 | / |
| Watpun | 73 | 28 | / |
| Wapane | 73 | 28 | / |
| Waepan | 73 | 15 | / |
| Waphan | 73 | 14 | / |
| Vaipon | 73 | 10 | / |
| Waipun | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wadpan | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wapune | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wapaan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bappon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waipom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weapun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waupun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weppon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vapoen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bapoun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woupon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wopond | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hwatphong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uatphon | 67 | 173 | / |
| Waiphan | 67 | 117 | / |
| Watphan | 67 | 99 | / |
| Baiphon | 67 | 6 | / |
| Watphun | 67 | 5 | / |
| Waiphom | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uayphon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wooppon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vappone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uaapone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waipune | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wadpang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wadpant | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baupoon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waaphan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weaphan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whaphan | 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 Wapon
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