Wupa Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

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

Wupa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wupa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Wüpa (1) are calculated separately.

Wupa Last Name Facts

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

Wupa is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Wüpa. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wupa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,185,341st most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Wupa is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Wupa live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Wupa is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Other than The DR Congo this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent are found and South Africa, where 8 percent are found.

Wupa Last Name Statistics demography

Wupa earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.02% less than the national average, earning R 182,940 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wüpa921/
Woupa8981/
Wupai8915/
Wupha895/
Waupa895/
Wupat891/
Weupa891/
Weupai8028/
Wouppa801/
Woupai801/
Woupah801/
Wutpha801/
Wipa75354/
Bupa75352/
Wupi7541/
Vupa7526/
Wupo7525/
Wupe755/
Wupj751/
Buppa67106/
Bupha67102/
Wipha6768/
Wipai6766/
Bubpa6758/
Vuppa6727/
Woupe6723/
Weupe6723/
Bupai6722/
Woupo6721/
Baupa6720/
Wupuy6719/
Whipa6717/
Wupei6716/
Waupi6716/
Boupa6711/
Wiepa6710/
Wipea6710/
Vuspa678/
Wipau675/
Vuupa675/
Bupfa674/
Wuype674/
Buipa672/
Vudpa671/
Bupea671/
Wupeh671/
Vaupa671/
Wippa671/
Waupe670/
Wuppe670/

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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 Wupa
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