Popa-Matei Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Popa-Matei Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Popa & Matei.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Popa-Matei Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova51:712,27439,996
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
England11:55,718,059489,080

Popa-Matei Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Popa-Matei Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Popa-Matei is borne by more people in Moldova than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popa-Matei? popularity and diffusion

Popa-Matei is the 6,063,924th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Popa-Matei is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Popa-Matei live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Moldova, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 712,274. In Moldova it is most numerous in: Chișinău Municipality, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Moldova it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 40 percent reside and England, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pope-Matt741/
Popomat711/
Bupphamate7040/
Papamati671/
Buppamat671/

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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 Popa-Matei
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