Opul Surname

764,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 373 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Opul Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opul Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2451:159,34413,854
Kenya1091:423,66923,058
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Opul (77) may also be a first name.

Opul Last Name Facts

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

The last name Opul (Marathi: ओपुल, Russian: Опул) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opul? popularity and diffusion

It is the 764,765th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,537,657 people. The surname Opul occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Opul are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Opul is also the 1,100,117th most frequent first name globally, held by 77 people.

Opul is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 159,344. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Amolatar District, where 27 percent are found, Amuria District, where 24 percent are found and Dokolo District, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Uganda Opul is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 29 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.

Opul Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Opul last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opule891,592/
Gopul8918/
Opaul895/
Opull891/
Opuld891/
Ophul891/
Hopul891/
Oppul890/
Gopaul8010,963/
Opoule80101/
Opulle806/
O'Paul803/
Oppule802/
Gopeul801/
Opuule801/
Epul751,344/
Apul75757/
Opol75340/
Oupoule7327/
Goupaul732/
Opoulle731/
Hopoule731/
Apule672,664/
Gapul67776/
Apoul67117/
Hapul6779/
Epull6763/
Hopol6756/
Aapul6738/
Aspul6732/
Opoll6723/
Epaul6722/
Hepul6716/
Apuul6715/
Apaul6714/
Adpul676/
Appul674/
Apull674/
Oppol673/
Abpul671/
Oipol671/
Opputtil671/
Ephul671/
Apgul671/
Apuil671/
Obpol671/
Ophol671/
Opool671/
Oppoulle671/

Opul Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Opul in the Marathi language
ओपुलopula-
Opul in the Russian language
Опулopul-

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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 Opul
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