Popolu Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

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

Popolu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popolu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
India111:69,733,217610,955
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Popolu Last Name Facts

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

Popolu occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Popolu.

How Common Is The Last Name Popolu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Popolu is the 3,485,539th most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. Popolu is predominantly found in Oceania, where 66 percent of Popolu reside; 66 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Popolu is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Enga, where 70 percent reside and Manus, where 30 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 34 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potpolu9230/
Popolus921/
Poppolu921/
Popoulou8624/
Popoolau863/
Poudpolu861/
Papolu831,785/
Populu8334/
Pepolu831/
Popfolush801/
Populus77491/
Paapolu7774/
Papollu777/
Pappolu774/
Poppalu774/
Potpalu774/
Poopalu773/
Popeleu772/
Paspolu771/
Papolus771/
Popalus771/
Populou771/
Poupalou7132/
Popeliau7125/
Padpollu714/
Pophaleu711/
Pappolou711/
Papalu67200/
Papulu67178/
Pepalu6720/
Pepelu6712/
Papelu671/

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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 Popolu
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