Popau Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Popau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Popau (37) may also be a first name.
Popau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Popau is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Popau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Popau is the 2,944,094th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname Popau occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Popau reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Popau is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 37 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 194,136. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Manus, where 79 percent reside, Gulf, where 10 percent reside and East New Britain, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea Popau occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent reside and Ukraine, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Popau
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