Opema Surname

407,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Opema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines5101:198,50631,373
DR Congo2941:251,29123,908
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
Uganda171:2,296,42870,019
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Opema (40) may also be a first name.

Opema Last Name Facts

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

The last name Opema is most common in The Philippines. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opema? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 407,382nd most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,483,755 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Opema live; 59 percent live in Southeast Asia and 59 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 40 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is held by 510 people, or 1 in 198,506. In The Philippines Opema is most frequent in: Northern Mindanao, where 62 percent live, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 12 percent live and Caraga, where 7 percent live. Other than The Philippines this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ophema913/
Opemma912/
Opiema912/
Hopema911/
Gopemma8379/
Hoppema8327/
Opima801,019/
Opama80948/
Epema80725/
Opemi80371/
Opoma80285/
Apema8074/
Opemo8024/
Opeme8022/
Hopeamaa7712/
Goppemma772/
Epaema73138/
Abpema7358/
Ophima7325/
Opeymi7322/
Opimai7314/
Apemaa736/
Opomea736/
Oupama735/
Opaama734/
Atpema733/
Opeemi733/
Ephema732/
Ospima732/
Gopima732/
Appema731/
Apaema731/
Apeama731/
Hapema731/
Opamai731/
Oppoma731/
Oppama731/
Opemie731/
Epeama731/
Hoppemath711/
Ophioma6713/
Gopimma6710/
Ouppama6710/
Opimach674/
Euphema674/
Ophimai674/
Epaemai674/
Ophamah673/
Ophamau673/
Ooppama673/
Opeymie671/
Appemma671/
Oupamai671/

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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 Opema
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