Opins Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

Opins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Opins (5) may also be a first name.

Opins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Opins is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Opins click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opins? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Opins is predominantly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Opins are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Opins is also the 5,493,085th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 5 people.

This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hopins9114/
Ospins912/
Hoppins83284/
Hospins831/
Apins8022/
Opinz8018/
Opens802/
Epins801/
Hopens7313/
Oppens737/
Hophns733/
Opense731/
Aspins731/
Eppins730/
Hoppns730/
Hoppens67184/
Gappins676/
Opnz675/
Hopfens671/

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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 Opins
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