Poppelwell Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Poppelwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poppelwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand1331:34,0485,884
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
England171:3,277,533109,658
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Samoa11:193,8081,089
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
Wales41:392,10412,338
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Poppelwell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poppelwell occurs in New Zealand more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Poppelwell? popularity and diffusion

The last name Poppelwell is the 1,194,481st most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name Poppelwell is mostly found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Poppelwell are found; 80 percent are found in Australasia and 80 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most widespread in New Zealand, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 34,048. In New Zealand Poppelwell is most prevalent in: Auckland Region, where 37 percent reside, Hawke's Bay Region, where 19 percent reside and Bay of Plenty Region, where 11 percent reside. Besides New Zealand this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 13 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Poppelwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Poppelwell has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Poppelwell surname declined 47 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 267 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Poppelwell Last Name Statistics demography

Poppelwell earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 98.63% more than the national average, earning $85,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popelwell951/
Popplewell903,210/
Peppelwell900/
Poppolewell862/
Poplewell847/
Popplewel841/
Papelwell840/
Papplewell801/
Pepplewell800/
Popelelo784/
Bopelela6748/
Papeelal671/
Bopelele671/

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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 Poppelwell
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