Wop Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wop Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1261:64,7128,434
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Wop (157) may also be a first name.

Wop Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wop is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wop.

How Common Is The Last Name Wop? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,252,959th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name Wop is predominantly found in Oceania, where 68 percent of Wop are found; 68 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 68 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 732,696th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 157 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 64,712. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 53 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 22 percent reside and East Sepik, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Thailand, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woop86426/
Wopp86129/
Wope8692/
Woip868/
Wuop867/
Wozp864/
Woup863/
Hwop862/
Wosp862/
Whop862/
Wops861/
Wopt861/
Woph861/
Wopf860/
Woppe7537/
Woupe7523/
Woope753/
Whope753/
Wopps752/
Wosdp752/
Woipe751/
Whozp751/
Whoup751/
Vwope750/
Hwopp750/
Bop6710,381/
Wap671,136/
Uop67115/
Woodpe6722/
Wob6715/
Vop675/
Wov672/
Whoppe671/

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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
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  • 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 Wop
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