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 surname Popai (Hindi: पोपई) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Popai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,736,881st most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 79 percent of Popai are found; 79 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 79 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,308,380th most common first name at a global level, held by 57 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 92,656. In Papua New Guinea Popai is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 49 percent live, Enga, where 19 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 13 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent live and Liberia, where 5 percent live.
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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