Polapola Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Polapola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Polapola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polapola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Polapola is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polapola? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Polapola reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Polapola is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Bougainville, where 56 percent are found and Central, where 44 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and South Africa, where 17 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
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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 Polapola
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