Wapura Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Wapura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wapura (20) may also be a first name.
Wapura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wapura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wapura is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wapura.
How Common Is The Last Name Wapura? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wapura is the 4,307,654th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Wapura are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 20 people.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Central, where 55 percent live and Western Highlands, where 45 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea Wapura exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waipura | 92 | 2 | / |
| Waiputra | 86 | 14 | / |
| Waipurai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wapira | 83 | 92 | / |
| Wapuri | 83 | 41 | / |
| Bapura | 83 | 21 | / |
| Wapora | 83 | 15 | / |
| Wepura | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wapury | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vapura | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wuapira | 77 | 27 | / |
| Wapirah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Waipora | 77 | 3 | / |
| Waipuri | 77 | 3 | / |
| Waapira | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wapuroy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bapuraj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waipouri | 71 | 156 | / |
| Wapfuuri | 71 | 6 | / |
| Waipusri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bapure | 67 | 225 | / |
| Bapuri | 67 | 141 | / |
| Vepura | 67 | 62 | / |
| Waiphutri | 67 | 28 | / |
| Vapuri | 67 | 13 | / |
| Vapira | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wopora | 67 | 6 | / |
| Uapuri | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vapure | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waiphusri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bapuro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waporo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wopuro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vappurath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waipourip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bopura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wapori | 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 Wapura
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