Waps Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Waps Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Waps Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waps Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waps occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Waps click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waps? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,605,694th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Waps reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Waps is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria Waps is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 85 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside and Egypt, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapps | 89 | 7 | / |
| Waaps | 89 | 5 | / |
| Waips | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wapse | 89 | 1 | / |
| Watps | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waupsh | 80 | 11 | / |
| Wapsse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waipes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whapps | 80 | 0 | / |
| Weps | 75 | 618 | / |
| Wabs | 75 | 481 | / |
| Baps | 75 | 95 | / |
| Vaps | 75 | 16 | / |
| Wops | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wapz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wabst | 67 | 46 | / |
| Woops | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wabsh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wopse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bapps | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wopps | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uapse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uapes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wopsx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wabss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baups | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahbs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wepps | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weips | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weeps | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weavs | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Waps
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis