Poppema Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Poppema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poppema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2911:58,0329,981
United States1631:2,223,674139,425
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Poppema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poppema occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poppema? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 628,294th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 64 percent of Poppema live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Poppema is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 58,032. In The Netherlands Poppema is mostly found in: Groningen, where 36 percent are found, Drenthe, where 12 percent are found and Friesland, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Ireland, where 3 percent are found.

Poppema Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Poppema surname are 49.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 96.55% being registered with the party.

The amount Poppema earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $50,134 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popemga861/
Poppimai801/
Popoma779/
Pepema771/
Phopphimai7194/
Pappama717/
Poppesmith711/
Pepemah711/
Pophoma711/
Potpeme711/
Phophoma6720/
Pappamma6716/
Pappymma671/
Pophimai671/
Pobpimai671/

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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 Poppema
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