Popoga Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Popoga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popoga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Popoga (16) may also be a first name.

Popoga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Popoga occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popoga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Popoga occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Popoga live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 16 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Popoga is primarily found in: Northern, where 100 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poponga923/
Popogaai863/
Popuga83165/
Popogo8341/
Papoga831/
Popugay77240/
Popongo7722/
Popugai7711/
Popugaj773/
Popongi772/
Popanga772/
Poopaga771/
Popogou771/
Potpaga771/
Poipogi771/
Popegha771/
Popagat771/
Papogha771/
Phophoonga751/
Popaghat716/
Popegaai711/
Popagaai711/
Poipoghi711/
Papuga673,083/
Pepogo67196/
Popego67178/
Papaga6798/
Poppegaai6729/
Poupangai6723/
Popugo6710/
Popakghat672/
Popugaich672/
Phophunga672/
Papoge671/

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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 Popoga
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