Populaire Surname

457,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Populaire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Populaire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3441:193,08930,043
Belgium3101:37,0866,058
Haiti601:178,0657,089
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Populaire (61) may also be a first name.

Populaire Last Name Facts

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

The last name Populaire is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Populaire click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Populaire? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 457,658th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,861,361 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Populaire reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 61 people.

The last name is most widespread in France, where it is held by 344 people, or 1 in 193,089. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 61 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 20 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 5 percent reside. Aside from France this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 42 percent reside and Haiti, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Populair941/
Populiere892/
Populares891/
Popular88438/
Populier8262/
Popolare8214/
Popularz821/
Poupulier781/
Populer7550/
Papular7512/
Popoolaure743/
Papoular7123/
Popolari7116/
Popolary711/
Pappular711/
Populyarova701/
Popüler631/
Pappolar5916/
Papilari598/

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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 Populaire
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