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/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Welpi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Welpi is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Welpi is primarily found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Welpi reside; 69 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 69 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held forename internationally. It is borne by 42 people.

It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Welpi is mostly concentrated in: West New Britain, where 89 percent live and Madang, where 11 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 23 percent live and The Philippines, where 8 percent live.

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
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  • 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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