Watapi Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

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

Watapi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watapi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

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

Watapi has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watapi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,274,477th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Watapi live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name on earth, borne by 19 people.

The surname Watapi is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 232,963. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 83 percent reside, Morobe, where 14 percent reside and New Ireland, where 3 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watapei9212/
Wathapi924/
Watape8321/
Batapi8321/
Wetapi835/
Watapa834/
Vatapi832/
Watopi831/
Watepi831/
Waitapa7714/
Wataipa774/
Bathapi772/
Batapei771/
Vaytapi771/
Waitapoj711/
Baithapi711/
Watopich711/
Watopa67492/
Vatapa67140/
Batopi6721/
Vatape6716/
Batapy677/
Botapi674/
Batape672/
Watope672/
Wetapj672/
Uatapa671/
Wetape671/

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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
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