Wapu Surname
Approximately 949 people bear this surname
Wapu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 777 | 1:10,494 | 913 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Solomon Islands | 44 | 1:13,182 | 2,418 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wapu (713) may also be a first name.
Wapu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wapu is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wapu is the 376,758th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,679,184 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Wapu live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wapu is also the 309,270th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 713 people.
Wapu is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 777 people, or 1 in 10,494. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 53 percent live, Enga, where 11 percent live and Western Highlands, where 7 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapou | 89 | 173 | / |
| Waipu | 89 | 131 | / |
| Wapui | 89 | 79 | / |
| Wapau | 89 | 67 | / |
| Wapeu | 89 | 46 | / |
| Waapu | 89 | 14 | / |
| Weapu | 89 | 13 | / |
| Hwapu | 89 | 11 | / |
| Waupu | 89 | 3 | / |
| Wappu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Watpu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waypu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wapus | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wappou | 80 | 356 | / |
| Wapuha | 80 | 9 | / |
| Waipou | 80 | 9 | / |
| Wappeu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Weapau | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wa'apu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wapaud | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wappau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waipau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whapus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wappus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bapu | 75 | 8,752 | / |
| Vapu | 75 | 78 | / |
| Wepu | 75 | 41 | / |
| Wopu | 75 | 26 | / |
| Uapu | 75 | 6 | / |
| Waiphut | 73 | 20 | / |
| Wappaus | 73 | 16 | / |
| Wappouh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bappu | 67 | 1,380 | / |
| Bapou | 67 | 273 | / |
| Bapui | 67 | 197 | / |
| Baipu | 67 | 127 | / |
| Vatpu | 67 | 93 | / |
| Vaipu | 67 | 81 | / |
| Wapoe | 67 | 55 | / |
| Vaspu | 67 | 51 | / |
| Baapu | 67 | 36 | / |
| Vappu | 67 | 31 | / |
| Baupu | 67 | 31 | / |
| Vaupu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Baphu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Baypu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Weipu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Uappu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Vaypu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Vapou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bapuy | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wapoo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bapuj | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wophu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wephu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bapeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vadpu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wopou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wopus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vapui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wodpu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wopeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wouhapeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wepou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaapu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wohpu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bapau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wopuu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahpu | 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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- 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 Wapu
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