Opusa Surname

816,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 341 people bear this surname

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

Opusa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opusa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1191:68,5198,947
Philippines1081:937,39183,277
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Opusa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Opusa is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Opusa.

How Common Is The Last Name Opusa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 816,514th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 35 percent of Opusa are found; 35 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 35 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 68,519. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Northern, where 99 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 1 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 32 percent live and The DR Congo, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opusia9115/
Opusai912/
Opussa911/
Opuhsa911/
Opusah911/
Apusa802,671/
Opisa80990/
Oposa80542/
Opusi80165/
Opuso8073/
Opuse8011/
Opuca8010/
Epusa801/
Oposia73134/
Apausa7335/
Hapusa7321/
Aputsa7314/
Opisay7311/
Opucha739/
Apusai739/
Opousi737/
Opiesa735/
Oposha734/
Apusoa734/
Opeusi733/
Opisah732/
Apusia732/
Apussa731/
Apusat731/
Hoposa731/
Oputsi731/
Ephusa731/
Epausa731/
Opusie731/
Gapusa731/
Gopuse731/
Opuise731/
Opausi731/
Opusuo731/
Opisha731/
Apeutsa6715/
Opauszi678/
Hapudsa675/
Apoussa675/
Haputsa672/
Apusaha671/
Opussey671/
Opuchai671/
Hopusse671/
Opoussi671/
Hapusah671/
Apuusaa671/
Gapusah671/
Ophouse670/

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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 Opusa
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