Watopa Surname

623,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Watopa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watopa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3971:333,12129,073
Zambia851:186,47012,510
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Watopa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Watopa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Watopa is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Watopa.

How Common Is The Last Name Watopa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 623,516th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 14,812,085 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 62 percent of Watopa live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

Watopa is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 397 people, or 1 in 333,121. In Indonesia Watopa is most numerous in: Papua, where 74 percent reside, East Java, where 19 percent reside and North Sulawesi, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hwatopa921/
Watophat8613/
Wetopa838/
Watapa834/
Batopa832/
Watepa832/
Watope832/
Watopi831/
Watoupe7758/
Waitapa7714/
Vastopa774/
Bautopa772/
Watapas771/
Waitopo771/
Waitope771/
Wataphap7120/
Wattapap711/
Watopich711/
Batapa67858/
Vatapa67140/
Batope6755/
Watapi6736/
Watapo6735/
Watape6721/
Batopi6721/
Watepo676/
Wattaphat674/
Vatopo673/
Wetopo672/
Uatapa671/
Wotepa671/
Wetepa671/

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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 Watopa
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