Opato Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

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

Opato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Opato Last Name Facts

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

The last name Opato is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Opato.

How Common Is The Last Name Opato? popularity and diffusion

The surname Opato is the 4,034,050th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Opato reside; 54 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 54 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Opato is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 46 percent live, Gulf, where 31 percent live and Western Highlands, where 23 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent live and The Bahamas, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oupatho835/
Gopatho831/
Opata807,680/
Apato80268/
Opoto80189/
Opatha734,167/
Hopata7377/
Oupata7334/
Gopata7329/
Oppata7327/
Appato7324/
Opatta7318/
Hapato7318/
Apatos7317/
Gopoto7314/
Ophata7310/
Oipata739/
Aapato737/
Apatod736/
Otpoto736/
Apatoa734/
Apatto733/
Opaata732/
Apaito731/
Opotoi731/
Opatah731/
Apauto731/
Apasto731/
Apatou731/
Oposto731/
Apatout67183/
Hopatha6716/
Ohphata6714/
Appatoh678/
Gopatta674/
Gapatho672/
Hapatou672/
Hopotoa672/
Goupata672/
Opeytoo671/
Ouphata671/
Gapatoy671/
Apaiteo671/
Apattoh671/
Gobpoto671/
Apathoi671/
Gopatha671/
Oppoito671/

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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 Opato
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