Poponi Surname

500,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 658 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Poponi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poponi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3851:140,72116,192
Italy1931:316,87439,056
United States491:7,397,121336,459
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Poponi (26) may also be a first name.

Poponi Last Name Facts

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

Poponi (Russian: Попони) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poponi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 500,196th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name Poponi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Poponi are found; 59 percent are found in Southern Africa and 59 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 26 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 140,721. In South Africa Poponi is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 51 percent reside, Western Cape, where 39 percent reside and Gauteng, where 4 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Poponi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Poponi surname are 31.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 78.57% being registered with the political party.

The amount Poponi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 46.63% less than the national average, earning €16,026 per year; in South Africa they earn 54.41% less than the national average, earning R 108,348 per year and in United States they earn 6.75% more than the national average, earning $46,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popongi922/
Poponio921/
Paponi83240/
Popona83210/
Popani8358/
Popone8332/
Popony831/
Popaniy77461/
Poponea77185/
Poponet77133/
Poponne7794/
Popouna7788/
Papponi7750/
Paponie778/
Paponis776/
Popatni775/
Phaponi774/
Popanit774/
Poupone772/
Phopone772/
Phoponh771/
Poponey771/
Poponeț771/
Poponny771/
Popoune771/
Popoń7318/
Phophani71155/
Poponets7112/
Phopanit714/
Poupoune713/
Popanich713/
Poppangi713/
Poupouna712/
Popanniy711/
Poppanie711/
Phophone711/
Papani671,967/
Popane67350/
Papona67307/
Papone67221/
Poopanich67140/
Popana67126/
Popány6729/
Poupangai6723/
Phophaniy679/
Popană674/
Phophanit674/
Phouphonh673/
Phopanich672/
Phouphone671/
Pouponneu671/
Phophanid671/
Phophanii671/
Pohpuoneh671/
Photphani671/
Poupanith671/
Pophanich671/

Poponi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poponi in the Russian language
Попониpoponi-

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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 Poponi
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