Popovyan Surname

634,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 481 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Popovyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popovyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia4671:308,61531,414
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Popovyan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Popovyan (Georgian: პოპოვიანი, Russian: Поповян) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Popovyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Popovyan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 634,180th most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 15,150,823 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Popovyan are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Russia, where it is carried by 467 people, or 1 in 308,615. In Russia Popovyan is mostly found in: Rostov Oblast, where 97 percent are found, Samara Oblast, where 1 percent are found and Moscow, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Russia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found and Georgia, where 1 percent are found.

Popovyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Popovyan last name are 12.05% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 58.82% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Popovyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Popovyan in the Georgian language
პოპოვიანიpopoviani-
Popovyan in the Russian language
Поповянpopovan-

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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 Popovyan
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