Popuna Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Popuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Popuna (10) may also be a first name.
Popuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Popuna is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Popuna? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,394,033rd most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name Popuna occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Popuna are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Popuna is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name internationally, held by 10 people.
Popuna is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 129,424. In Papua New Guinea Popuna is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 98 percent live and Jiwaka, where 2 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Popuna occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Popouna | 92 | 88 | / |
| Popunau | 92 | 5 | / |
| Popunna | 92 | 3 | / |
| Poopuna | 92 | 1 | / |
| Popunas | 92 | 1 | / |
| Popeuna | 92 | 1 | / |
| Popuhyna | 86 | 16 | / |
| Poopunna | 86 | 6 | / |
| Poupouna | 86 | 2 | / |
| Popona | 83 | 210 | / |
| Papuna | 83 | 90 | / |
| Pepuna | 83 | 8 | / |
| Phoopunna | 80 | 4 | / |
| Phophunga | 80 | 2 | / |
| Poponea | 77 | 185 | / |
| Papunas | 77 | 59 | / |
| Popinay | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pappuna | 77 | 6 | / |
| Papunga | 77 | 5 | / |
| Poponau | 77 | 4 | / |
| Papuina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paepuna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Papouna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Popoune | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poupouneau | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phoophunna | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poupinha | 71 | 94 | / |
| Popunets | 71 | 13 | / |
| Paphunga | 71 | 8 | / |
| Poputnyi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Poupoune | 71 | 3 | / |
| Papounna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Papounas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pepou'na | 71 | 1 | / |
| Patpunna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Papona | 67 | 307 | / |
| Papuni | 67 | 189 | / |
| Popină | 67 | 77 | / |
| Popone | 67 | 32 | / |
| Poupounot | 67 | 10 | / |
| Papounaud | 67 | 4 | / |
| Papouneau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Popony | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Popuna
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