Wlapo Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wlapo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wlapo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia191:232,02814,625
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wlapo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wlapo is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wlapo? popularity and diffusion

Wlapo is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Wlapo are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 232,028. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 95 percent are found and Maryland County, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Liberia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whlapo911/
Wlapoo911/
Blapo80117/
Blapou7324/
Blapoi737/
Vhlapo731/
Blapooh6710/
Villapo671/
Willapa671/
Villapos6240/
Villapoz622/
Blopo601/
Villaphos571/
Blimpo55714/
Blompo551/
Blopoh551/
Villapa501,167/
Vellapa5014/
Bellapa504/
Vllapaz501/
Bllappa501/

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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 Wlapo
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