Wupe Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Wupe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Wupe (283) may also be a first name.
Wupe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wupe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wupe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wupe.
How Common Is The Last Name Wupe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Wupe is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Wupe are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 526,385th most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 283 people.
The surname Wupe is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Wupe is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 67 percent are found and Ogun, where 33 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woupe | 89 | 23 | / |
| Weupe | 89 | 23 | / |
| Wupei | 89 | 16 | / |
| Wuype | 89 | 4 | / |
| Wupeh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wuppe | 89 | 0 | / |
| Waupe | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wup | 86 | 89 | / |
| Wupper | 80 | 331 | / |
| Woupes | 80 | 20 | / |
| Wuppes | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wuipes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wuipez | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wutpet | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bupe | 75 | 28,670 | / |
| Waup | 75 | 256 | / |
| Wupa | 75 | 75 | / |
| Wipe | 75 | 67 | / |
| Wupi | 75 | 41 | / |
| Wupt | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wupp | 75 | 4 | / |
| Woup | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wuzp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuyp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whup | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuhp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wudp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wupj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hwup | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuippes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wutpech | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whudpet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whupper | 73 | 0 | / |
| Woupa | 67 | 81 | / |
| Vuper | 67 | 30 | / |
| Wippe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Wipei | 67 | 27 | / |
| Vuppe | 67 | 23 | / |
| Whipe | 67 | 20 | / |
| Wupuy | 67 | 19 | / |
| Beupe | 67 | 19 | / |
| Waupi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Boupe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wupai | 67 | 15 | / |
| Woepe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Baupe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wiepe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wipea | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vaupe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Buipe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wupha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Waupa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Voupe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wahup | 67 | 3 | / |
| Woope | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bupee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bupea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weupa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whoup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vupet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wipie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wauhp | 67 | 0 | / |
| Buppe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wipfe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wupe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis