Wippenaar Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wippenaar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wippenaar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1871:289,72028,200
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wippenaar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wippenaar occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wippenaar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,218,745th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Wippenaar live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 289,720. In South Africa Wippenaar is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 68 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 19 percent reside and Gauteng, where 7 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Wippenaar exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Wippenaar Last Name Statistics demography

Wippenaar earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 10.2% less than the national average, earning R 213,408 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weppenaar89121/
Wapenaar82448/
Wepenaar826/
Wippner753/
Wepenar751/
Wipener750/
Weppener716/
Webnar6718/
Wepener632,855/
Weppner63752/
Wappner63140/
Wiebner6366/
Webinar6310/
Wibener631/
Wiepner630/
Woppner630/
Wiebener5948/
Weepener5911/
Weibener590/
Wapner53492/
Wepner53471/
Webner53351/
Wibner5338/
Wapanuwari5336/
Wabu Nawar531/
Wopner531/
Weepner5027/
Wibbenneyer502/
Weibner502/
Wepnerr501/

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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 Wippenaar
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