Popna Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Popna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea2581:31,6043,644
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Popna (78) may also be a first name.

Popna Last Name Facts

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

Popna (Hindi: पोपना, Russian: Попна) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Popna? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 988,329th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Popna reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,091,646th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 78 people.

The last name Popna is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 31,604. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 87 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 6 percent reside and National Capital District, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phopna915/
Poupna911/
Popnga911/
Popnna911/
Phopnga831/
Papna80715/
Pepna80112/
Popno8011/
Popni801/
Papnai73441/
Papnna7310/
Papnay737/
Popney734/
Pahpna733/
Popner733/
Pophne732/
Pappna731/
Popnei731/
Popnee731/
Poppner6787/
Phopnot679/
Poupinneau672/
Poppnit671/
Papneau671/
Papinna671/
Papenna671/
Poipner671/
Popinni670/
Poupney670/

Popna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Popna in the Hindi language
पोपनाpopana-
Popna in the Russian language
Попнаpopna-

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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
  • 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 Popna
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