Wayep Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Wayep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wayep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Wayep (37) may also be a first name.

Wayep Last Name Facts

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

Wayep is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wayep? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Wayep live; 77 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,688,769th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 37 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 12,022,654. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 91 percent reside and Papua, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wayp891/
Wuyep802,804/
Bayep8063/
Wayop8032/
Wayap8018/
Weyep8016/
Wiyep803/
Waiep802/
Wayip802/
Wawep802/
Woyep802/
Wahyup73114/
Wayape73113/
Weyepe7355/
Whayeb7310/
Wayupe736/
Waypeh731/
Wuyeps731/
Wayphe731/
Waip67438/
Waup67256/
Weap6712/
Weip674/
Weyp674/
Wyeb672/
Uayp672/
Wuep672/
Vyep671/
Wuyp671/

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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 Wayep
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis