Opave Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

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

Opave Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opave Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea441:185,31225,733
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Opave (12) may also be a first name.

Opave Last Name Facts

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

The last name Opave is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opave? popularity and diffusion

The surname Opave is the 2,876,555th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. Opave occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Opave are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 96 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 12 people.

Opave is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 185,312. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 77 percent reside, Morobe, where 16 percent reside and National Capital District, where 7 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gopave91205/
Hopave9113/
Opava80331/
Apave80140/
Opawe8033/
Opabe8010/
Epave804/
Opavi802/
Opove801/
Appave7332/
Hopive7324/
Gopove7310/
Ophabe737/
Apaave736/
Gopavi734/
Opovie731/
Opavio731/
Opeabe731/
Apeave731/
Ophoves6729/
Opayebi6725/
Apeaver679/
Opovets672/
Aupavet671/
Gopavai671/
Oupaevi671/
Apayave671/
Opavich671/

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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
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  • 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 Opave
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