Popiya Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Popiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Popiya (84) may also be a first name.
Popiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Popiya (Hindi: पोपिया, Marathi: टोपीया) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Popiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Popiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Popiya live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Popiya is also the 1,046,220th most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 84 people.
The surname Popiya is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Popiya is most common in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Popiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Popiya in the Hindi language | ||
| पोपिया | popiya | 61.54 |
| पोपीया | popiya | 38.46 |
| Popiya in the Marathi language | ||
| टोपीया | topiya | 40 |
| पोिपया | poipaya | 40 |
| पोपीया | popiya | 20 |
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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 Popiya
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