Wiap Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Wiap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 127 | 1:64,202 | 8,352 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Wiap (24) may also be a first name.
Wiap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiap Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiap is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wiap click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiap? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wiap is the 1,589,322nd most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wiap live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 24 people.
Wiap is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 64,202. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 39 percent live, Madang, where 22 percent live and Morobe, where 11 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wiap
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