Popular Surname
Approximately 438 people bear this surname
Popular Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 375 | 1:204,753 | 16,408 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Popular (306) may also be a first name.
Popular Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popular Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Popular (Bengali: পপুলার, Hindi: पोपूलर, Oriya: େପାପୁଲାର) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Popular? popularity and diffusion
It is the 679,794th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,638,233 people. The last name Popular occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Popular reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 503,193rd most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 306 people.
It is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 375 people, or 1 in 204,753. In Iran Popular is most frequent in: North Khorasan Province, where 18 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 17 percent are found and Gilan Province, where 13 percent are found. Barring Iran Popular is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and Czechia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Popular Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Popular in the Bengali language | ||
| পপুলার | papulara | - |
| Popular in the Hindi language | ||
| पोपूलर | populara | - |
| Popular in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାପୁଲାର | epapulara | 50 |
| ପପୁଲାର | papulara | 50 |
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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 Popular
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