Wipa Surname
Approximately 354 people bear this surname
Wipa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 201 | 1:40,566 | 4,927 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wipa (4,868) may also be a first name.
Wipa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wipa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wipa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wipa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 794,916th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 68 percent of Wipa live; 66 percent live in Oceania Islands and 66 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 97,844th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 4,868 people.
It is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 40,566. In Papua New Guinea Wipa is primarily found in: Southern Highlands, where 38 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 31 percent are found and Chimbu, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.
Wipa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wipa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wipa surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wipa
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