Wapot Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Wapot Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wapot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086

Wapot Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wapot Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wapot occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wapot? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,034,050th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Wapot reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

It is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea Wapot is primarily found in: East New Britain, where 85 percent live and Morobe, where 5 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Hong Kong, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waupot918/
Wapoot912/
Waiphot83344/
Wasphot831/
Wapat8034/
Vapot8022/
Waput806/
Bapot804/
Wapod801/
Wappat7388/
Vaupot7339/
Wahpat7322/
Baphot738/
Beapot733/
Baipot731/
Vapote731/
Waphat731/
Woppot730/
Babpot730/
Waiphat67580/
Baiphot67573/
Waiphut6720/
Watpute675/
Bajpoot674/
Baipoth671/
Wapatch671/
Wadpate671/
Waspate671/
Weipott671/
Watphat671/
Wappatt671/

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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 Wapot
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