Popai Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Popai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 88 | 1:92,656 | 12,367 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Popai (57) may also be a first name.
Popai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Popai (Hindi: पोपई) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Popai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Popai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,736,881st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Popai live; 79 percent live in Oceania Islands and 79 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 57 people.
The last name Popai is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 92,656. In Papua New Guinea Popai is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 49 percent reside, Enga, where 19 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 13 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and Liberia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Popai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Popai in the Hindi language | ||
| पोपई | popa'i | 83.33 |
| पोपली | popali | 16.67 |
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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 Popai
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