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
The surname Wapou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapou? popularity and diffusion
Wapou is the 1,305,105th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name Wapou occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Wapou are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 149,418. In Cameroon it is most common in: North Region, where 76 percent reside, Far North Region, where 16 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
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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