Wapur Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

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

Wapur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wapur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia261:5,086,507239,866
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wapur (58) may also be a first name.

Wapur Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wapur is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Wapur click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wapur? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Wapur occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Wapur are found; 59 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 59 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wapur is also the 1,295,729th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 58 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 5,086,507. In Indonesia it is most common in: East Java, where 88 percent are found and Papua, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wadpour831/
Vapur801,139/
Bapur80224/
Wapor802/
Wepur801/
Bappur7328/
Baphur735/
Vapour733/
Vapeur733/
Vajpur733/
Vapure732/
Baipur731/
Vaphur731/
Vaspur731/
Wahpor731/
Vapurt731/
Bapurr731/
Vaipur731/
Bapurh731/
Bahpour67794/
Vazpour6720/
Vahpour6710/
Babpour678/
Baypour673/
Vaipour672/
Vahapur671/
Uatpure671/
Beaupur671/
Vaspure671/
Vaphure671/
Vaupour671/

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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 Wapur
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