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

The last name Popna (Hindi: पोपना, Russian: Попна) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popna? popularity and diffusion

It is the 988,329th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Popna reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Popna is also the 1,091,646th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 78 people.

The surname Popna is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 258 people, or 1 in 31,604. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Western Highlands, where 87 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 6 percent reside and National Capital District, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea Popna occurs 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
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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 Popna
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