Wup Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

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

Wup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea491:166,40223,077
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

Wup (35) may also be a first name.

Wup Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wup is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wup? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,980,395th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Wup live; 55 percent live in Oceania Islands and 55 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,744,716th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 35 people.

The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 166,402. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 63 percent reside, West Sepik, where 35 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 28 percent reside and Taiwan, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waup86256/
Wupe865/
Wupp864/
Wupt864/
Woup863/
Hwup861/
Wuzp861/
Wudp861/
Wuhp861/
Whup861/
Wuyp861/
Woupe7523/
Weupe7523/
Wuype754/
Wahup753/
Whoup751/
Wuppe750/
Wauhp750/
Waupe750/
Bup67981/
Wub67387/
Waupsh6711/
Vup673/

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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 Wup
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