Opalma Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

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

Opalma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opalma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Opalma (10) may also be a first name.

Opalma Last Name Facts

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

Opalma is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Opalma? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Opalma occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Opalma reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Opalma is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, held by 10 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Opalma is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Opalma is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hopalma921/
Gopalmma86179/
Apalma8313/
Epalma833/
Opolma831/
Apalmaz771/
Opalmer771/
O'Palmer714/
Apalmo67328/
Apalmer622/
Eupalme622/
Apalmos621/
Apalmoi621/
Apolmi5015/

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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 Opalma
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