Watap Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Watap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Watap (87) may also be a first name.
Watap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watap Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watap is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watap? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,882,373rd most prevalent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Watap live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Watap is also the 1,024,927th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 87 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 96 percent live and Enga, where 4 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 8 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watape | 91 | 21 | / |
| Wathap | 91 | 5 | / |
| Wataip | 91 | 1 | / |
| Watthap | 83 | 5 | / |
| Watab | 80 | 135 | / |
| Vatap | 80 | 18 | / |
| Watop | 80 | 9 | / |
| Batap | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wetap | 80 | 2 | / |
| Watav | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bataph | 73 | 91 | / |
| Baytap | 73 | 69 | / |
| Vatape | 73 | 16 | / |
| Bathap | 73 | 7 | / |
| Baitap | 73 | 7 | / |
| Vateap | 73 | 7 | / |
| Wetapp | 73 | 7 | / |
| Vataip | 73 | 6 | / |
| Vathap | 73 | 5 | / |
| Watope | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wattab | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wathab | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bataup | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wetthap | 67 | 247 | / |
| Watoupe | 67 | 58 | / |
| Bathapp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waitope | 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 Watap
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