Wepia Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Wepia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Burkina Faso | 37 | 1:496,003 | 6,910 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wepia (101) may also be a first name.
Wepia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wepia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wepia is found most frequently in Ghana. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wepia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wepia is the 727,600th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wepia live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wepia is also the 940,641st most common first name globally, held by 101 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Beside Ghana this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapia | 91 | 6 | / |
| Wepiah | 91 | 5 | / |
| Weipiay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wespija | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wapia | 80 | 531 | / |
| Wepio | 80 | 30 | / |
| Bepia | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wopia | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wipia | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wepea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wepya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waipia | 73 | 340 | / |
| Vespia | 73 | 312 | / |
| Ouepia | 73 | 288 | / |
| Bephia | 73 | 32 | / |
| Waypia | 73 | 24 | / |
| Weepio | 73 | 18 | / |
| Wapiah | 73 | 8 | / |
| Wuepio | 73 | 7 | / |
| Beepia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wopiah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wopiea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bepiah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beephia | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wapaiya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wepioyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beaphia | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wepia
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