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
Popey (Russian: Попей) is found most frequently in The Solomon Islands. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Popey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Popey is primarily found in Oceania, where 28 percent of Popey are found; 28 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 28 percent are found in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 385,570th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 486 people.
It is most widespread in The Solomon Islands, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 36,252. In The Solomon Islands Popey is mostly concentrated in: Capital Territory, where 88 percent reside. Barring The Solomon Islands it is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 19 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.
Popey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Popey has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 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 | - |
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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 Popey
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