Poporo Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Poporo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poporo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Poporo (13) may also be a first name.

Poporo Last Name Facts

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

Poporo is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Poporo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,604,449th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Poporo are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 82 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Poporo is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 13 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Not including The DR Congo Poporo occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found and Israel, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poporos926/
Popouro921/
Poporou921/
Poiporo921/
Paporo83426/
Popora8382/
Peporo835/
Poparo833/
Popero832/
Podpora771,243/
Poporad7726/
Potpora778/
Poppero776/
Popuroo771/
Popouras7124/
Poupoura712/
Phaporoa711/
Poopharo711/
Paparo671,556/
Popara671,197/
Popera67724/
Papero67138/
Papora6795/
Popară6728/
Pepero6726/
Popura6711/
Peparo678/
Papuro674/
Pepora672/
Poupouras671/
Páparo671/
Poipoirau671/

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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 Poporo
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