Welpi Surname

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

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

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

Welpi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welpi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Welpi (42) may also be a first name.

Welpi Last Name Facts

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

Welpi is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Welpi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Welpi is the 5,391,485th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Welpi reside; 69 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 69 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Welpi is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 42 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Welpi is primarily concentrated in: West New Britain, where 89 percent are found and Madang, where 11 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and The Philippines, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welppi913/
Welpoi911/
Welpe80155/
Belpi8057/
Velpi8016/
Wilpi8012/
Welpa806/
Welpy802/
Welpfish771/
Belpoi7314/
Belphi732/
Velphi731/
Whelpy731/
Welphy731/
Whelpe730/
Wuelper676/
Wlpy672/
Blpi671/
Wlpj671/
Wlpe671/
Whelpey671/
Wellper670/

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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 Welpi
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