Popalova Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Popalova Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popalova Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus391:243,61729,148
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501

The alternate forms: Popalová (18) are calculated separately.

Popalova Last Name Facts

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

Popalova (Russian: Попалова) is more commonly found in Belarus than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Popalová. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Popalova? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,635,433rd most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Popalova occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Popalova live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 83 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most common in Belarus, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 243,617. In Belarus it is most prevalent in: Vitebsk Region, where 97 percent are found and Minsk, where 3 percent are found. Barring Belarus this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 11 percent are found and Russia, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Popalova Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Popalova in the Russian language
Попаловаpopalova-

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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 Popalova
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