Popistas Surname

895,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Popistas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popistas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova2121:16,7992,883
Romania701:286,82726,171
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Popistas Last Name Facts

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

Popistas is more commonly found in Moldova than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Popistas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popistas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 895,817th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. The surname Popistas is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Popistas reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Popistas is most commonly used in Moldova, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 16,799. In Moldova Popistas is primarily found in: Florești District, where 70 percent are found, Sîngerei District, where 11 percent are found and Chișinău Municipality, where 8 percent are found. Beside Moldova this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popistash9428/
Papistas8875/
Popita86171/
Popystash829/
Pápista80151/
Pospita8086/
Papista8085/
Popitay8072/
Popaita8026/
Popoita805/
Papitas804/
Popoitai7510/
Papistta759/
Popeta71636/
Papita71332/
Popito717/
Papišta67297/
Popitod6745/
Pospito6743/
Poppito6714/
Papitha679/
Pápišta672/
Paspita672/
Papitax671/
Papitap671/
Pappita671/
Papitaj671/
Papitai671/
Papitta671/
Poppeta671/
Popitot671/
Popetha671/
Popetaa671/
Popytay671/

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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 Popistas
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