Popey Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Popey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 1:36,252 | 7,281 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Popey (486) may also be a first name.
Popey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Popey (Russian: Попей) is found in The Solomon Islands more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Popey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Popey occurs mostly in Oceania, where 28 percent of Popey reside; 28 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 28 percent reside in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 385,570th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 486 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Solomon Islands, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 36,252. In The Solomon Islands it is most frequent in: Capital Territory, where 88 percent are found. Not including The Solomon Islands this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 19 percent are found and England, where 14 percent are found.
Popey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Popey has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Popey last name declined 60 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Popey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Popey in the Russian language | ||
| Попей | popej | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Popey
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis