Opapan Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Opapan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opapan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda201:1,951,96463,898
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Opapan (12) may also be a first name.

Opapan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Opapan has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opapan? popularity and diffusion

Opapan is the 3,730,171st most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Opapan live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Opapan is also the 3,306,491st most common first name globally It is held by 12 people.

Opapan is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,951,964. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kumi District, where 60 percent live, Mukono District, where 25 percent live and Pallisa District, where 5 percent live. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

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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 Opapan
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