Watapi Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Watapi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Watapi (19) may also be a first name.
Watapi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watapi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watapi is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Watapi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Watapi reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Watapi is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 19 people.
It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 232,963. In Papua New Guinea Watapi is primarily found in: Western, where 83 percent reside, Morobe, where 14 percent reside and New Ireland, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watapei | 92 | 12 | / |
| Wathapi | 92 | 4 | / |
| Watape | 83 | 21 | / |
| Batapi | 83 | 21 | / |
| Wetapi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Watapa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Vatapi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Watopi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Watepi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waitapa | 77 | 14 | / |
| Wataipa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bathapi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Batapei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vaytapi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waitapoj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baithapi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watopich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watopa | 67 | 492 | / |
| Vatapa | 67 | 140 | / |
| Batopi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vatape | 67 | 16 | / |
| Batapy | 67 | 7 | / |
| Botapi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Batape | 67 | 2 | / |
| Watope | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wetapj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uatapa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wetape | 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 Watapi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis