Popoola Surname
Approximately 91,513 people bear this surname
Popoola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 89,582 | 1:1,977 | 264 |
| England | 806 | 1:69,129 | 7,983 |
| United States | 540 | 1:671,220 | 53,500 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Ireland | 93 | 1:50,634 | 3,649 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Scotland | 24 | 1:223,076 | 11,507 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Iceland | 10 | 1:38,009 | 2,599 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Popoola (3,459) may also be a first name.
Popoola Demographics
Popoola Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Popoola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popoola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Popoola is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Popoola? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,187th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 79,634 people. The surname Popoola occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Popoola live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 120,896th most widespread first name globally, held by 3,459 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 89,582 people, or 1 in 1,977. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 25 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Osun, where 15 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 43 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Popoola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (70%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Popoola surname are 42.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96% being registered with the party.
The amount Popoola earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51% less than the national average, earning R 116,436 per year; in United States they earn 2.69% more than the national average, earning $44,311 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.64% less than the national average, earning $46,883 CAD per year.
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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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- 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 Popoola
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