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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Popoola? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,187th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 79,634 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Popoola are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 120,896th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 3,459 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 89,582 people, or 1 in 1,977. In Nigeria Popoola is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 25 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Osun, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 43 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Popoola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Popoola surname is primarily Christian (70%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Popoola are 42.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96% 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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