Pokupen Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

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

Pokupen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokupen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea381:214,57229,580
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Pokupen (15) may also be a first name.

Pokupen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pokupen is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokupen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pokupen is the 3,141,416th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Pokupen is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Pokupen are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Pokupen is also the 2,900,335th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 15 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 214,572. In Papua New Guinea Pokupen is most frequent in: Manus, where 79 percent are found, Morobe, where 18 percent are found and National Capital District, where 3 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Pokupen
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