Opapa Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Opapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1171:394,70022,236
Tanzania871:608,52437,695
Russia341:4,238,913201,756
Uganda341:1,148,21447,064
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Opapa (21) may also be a first name.

Opapa Last Name Facts

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

Opapa (Russian: Опапа) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Opapa.

How Common Is The Last Name Opapa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 930,678th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Opapa live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 21 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 394,700. In Kenya Opapa is mostly found in: Homa Bay County, where 88 percent live, Kisumu County, where 8 percent live and Nairobi County, where 3 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 31 percent live and Russia, where 12 percent live.

Opapa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oppapa914/
Oupapa911/
Opapai911/
Houpapa8392/
Ouppapa831/
Oupapai831/
Gopappa831/
Epapa801,025/
Apapa80758/
Opapi80128/
Opape8030/
Opapo8030/
Opapy8027/
Opepa807/
Ophapath771/
Ouppapha771/
Hapapa73306/
Gapapa7374/
Apapap7340/
Gopapi7316/
Epappa7312/
Opeapo7311/
Aupapa7311/
Epapaa734/
Apapat734/
Epaepa733/
Hopapo733/
Appapa733/
Hepapa731/
Apapas731/
Epapai731/
Epapah731/
Ophapi731/
Apapah731/
Adpapa731/
Haupapa6724/
Opapets672/
Aapapai671/
Ephapha671/
Goupapo671/
Gapapha671/
Gappapa671/
Ophaupe671/
Appappa671/

Opapa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Opapa in the Russian language
Опапаopapa-

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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 Opapa
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