Wapou Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Wapou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 139 | 1:149,418 | 16,457 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Wapou (15) may also be a first name.
Wapou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wapou is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapou? popularity and diffusion
Wapou is the 1,305,105th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname Wapou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Wapou live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 15 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 149,418. In Cameroon Wapou is mostly found in: North Region, where 76 percent are found, Far North Region, where 16 percent are found and Centre Region, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Wapou occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wappou | 91 | 356 | / |
| Waipou | 91 | 9 | / |
| Wapu | 89 | 949 | / |
| Wapo | 89 | 871 | / |
| Wappouh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bapou | 80 | 273 | / |
| Waipo | 80 | 191 | / |
| Waipu | 80 | 131 | / |
| Wapoi | 80 | 114 | / |
| Wapui | 80 | 79 | / |
| Wapau | 80 | 67 | / |
| Wapoe | 80 | 55 | / |
| Wapeu | 80 | 46 | / |
| Wappo | 80 | 33 | / |
| Wapoh | 80 | 24 | / |
| Waapu | 80 | 14 | / |
| Weapu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Hwapu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Vapou | 80 | 9 | / |
| Weapo | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wapop | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wapue | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wapoo | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wahpo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wopou | 80 | 3 | / |
| Waupu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Whapo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waypu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Watpu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wapho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wappu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wapus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bapoue | 73 | 421 | / |
| Baipou | 73 | 164 | / |
| Whapoe | 73 | 111 | / |
| Waphop | 73 | 89 | / |
| Wapuyi | 73 | 40 | / |
| Wapoyi | 73 | 32 | / |
| Wapayu | 73 | 26 | / |
| Watpho | 73 | 23 | / |
| Wapaio | 73 | 15 | / |
| Waipue | 73 | 12 | / |
| Wapuia | 73 | 11 | / |
| Wapiyo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Wapuha | 73 | 9 | / |
| Waupot | 73 | 8 | / |
| Wappeu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Bappou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Vaipou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wa'apu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waipop | 73 | 2 | / |
| Weapau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wapijo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wapoos | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bapfou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wapaud | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bapouh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waipau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wapuos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weapue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wapayo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wgapgo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wapoyo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whapop | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wappau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waipoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weahpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whapus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wappus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bapu | 67 | 8,752 | / |
| Wapa | 67 | 5,272 | / |
| Bapo | 67 | 597 | / |
| Wopo | 67 | 136 | / |
| Vapu | 67 | 78 | / |
| Wopu | 67 | 26 | / |
| Waiphut | 67 | 20 | / |
| Wappaus | 67 | 16 | / |
| Weahpoo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vapo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Uapu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Uapo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wapeeyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Waiphoj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wahapoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wheapue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wasphot | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wapou
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