Wepe Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Wepe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wepe (92) may also be a first name.
Wepe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wepe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wepe occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wepe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,746,159th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Wepe live; 42 percent live in Central Africa and 42 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 92 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 39 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 33 percent reside and Far North Region, where 25 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Wepe
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