Werip Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

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

Werip Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Werip Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea711:114,84115,585
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Werip (37) may also be a first name.

Werip Last Name Facts

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

The surname Werip is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Werip? popularity and diffusion

The last name Werip is the 2,034,059th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Werip is mostly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Werip reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 37 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 114,841. In Papua New Guinea Werip is most frequent in: Morobe, where 79 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 21 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Werrip911/
Warip80419/
Werep8018/
Wirip8012/
Werib805/
Verip801/
Waraip7314/
Veriop734/
Beriph734/
Werepe733/
Veripe732/
Warrip731/
Wariph731/
Verrips67770/
Verrijp67127/
Verzijp674/
Veerips670/

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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 Werip
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