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 more commonly found in The Solomon Islands than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Popey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,555,468th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 28 percent of Popey live; 28 percent live in Oceania Islands and 28 percent live in Solomonic Oceania. Popey is also the 385,570th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 486 people.
The surname Popey is most frequently used in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 36,252. In The Solomon Islands it is primarily concentrated in: Capital Territory, where 88 percent are found. Beside The Solomon Islands this last name exists 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 incidence of Popey has changed over time. 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 | - |
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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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