Popona Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Popona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 206 | 1:39,581 | 4,792 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Popona (68) may also be a first name.
Popona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Popona (Russian: Попона) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Popona? popularity and diffusion
The last name Popona is the 1,144,405th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Popona reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,181,159th most prevalent given name in the world. It is borne by 68 people.
This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 206 people, or 1 in 39,581. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 72 percent live, Jiwaka, where 10 percent live and Morobe, where 9 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent live and Moldova, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Popona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Popona in the Russian language | ||
| Попона | popona | - |
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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 Popona
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