Poponu Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Poponu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Poponu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poponu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poponu is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Poponu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poponu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Poponu are found; 50 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The surname Poponu is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 5,749,965. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Gorontalo, where 65 percent reside, North Maluku, where 30 percent reside and West Papua, where 4 percent reside. Barring Indonesia Poponu is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 45 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poponut | 92 | 9 | / |
| Poponau | 92 | 4 | / |
| Poponuț | 92 | 1 | / |
| Popanu | 83 | 176 | / |
| Paponu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pouponneu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Popunau | 77 | 5 | / |
| Popanou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Peponou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paponaud | 71 | 42 | / |
| Paponnaud | 67 | 98 | / |
| Papanu | 67 | 49 | / |
| Pepenu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Papunu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Papenu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Posphunus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Papanau | 62 | 31 | / |
| Papangu | 62 | 30 | / |
| Papanui | 62 | 14 | / |
| Pepannu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Patpanu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pahpanu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Paspanu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Papenau | 62 | 0 | / |
| Papounou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pappenau | 57 | 0 | / |
| Papounaud | 53 | 4 | / |
| Papanú | 50 | 2 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Poponu
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