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
The surname Wiap has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiap? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wiap is the 1,589,322nd most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname Wiap occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wiap are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 24 people.
The last name Wiap is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 64,202. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 39 percent are found, Madang, where 22 percent are found and Morobe, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
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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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