Wapung Surname

462,174th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 730 people bear this surname

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

Wapung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wapung Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4491:1,708,38661,686
Papua New Guinea2801:29,1203,321
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Wapung (74) may also be a first name.

Wapung Last Name Facts

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

Wapung occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wapung? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 462,174th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,982,940 people. The last name Wapung occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Wapung are found; 62 percent are found in South Asia and 62 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 74 people.

The surname Wapung is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 449 people, or 1 in 1,708,386. In India Wapung is most frequent in: Meghalaya, where 100 percent live. Excluding India Wapung exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watpoung864/
Bapung8378/
Wapunk8317/
Wapong838/
Waipong7744/
Weapong776/
Waypong774/
Hwapong771/
Bapoung771/
Waephing7155/
Weaphing711/
Wopong67361/
Wophong621/
Boupung621/
Huaphong571/
Woephing570/
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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 Wapung
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