Popadia Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Popadia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Popadia 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
Moldova701:50,8777,357
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Popadia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Popadia is borne by more people in Moldova than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Popadia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,220,661st most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Popadia live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Moldova, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 50,877. In Moldova Popadia is mostly concentrated in: Găgăuzia, where 87 percent are found, Chișinău Municipality, where 11 percent are found and Basarabeasca District, where 1 percent are found. Besides Moldova it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 3 percent are found and Transnistria, where 1 percent are found.

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
Popadija932/
Papadia861,896/
Popodia8613/
Popadja861/
Papadias80418/
Pappadia80108/
Papadea71334/
Papadya7122/
Papadio7117/
Papadja711/
Papadía711/
Pappadio6718/
Popadjou679/
Papadios676/
Pappasdiaz591/
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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 Popadia
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