Waspen Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Waspen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
Waspen (262) may also be a first name.
Waspen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waspen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waspen is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Waspen.
How Common Is The Last Name Waspen? popularity and diffusion
Waspen is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Waspen occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Waspen reside; 70 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 70 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 549,774th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 262 people.
It is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Waspen is most frequent in: Southern Highlands, where 43 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 43 percent are found and East Sepik, where 14 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Taiwan, where 30 percent are found.
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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 Waspen
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