Popwa Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Popwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Popwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Popwa (11) may also be a first name.

Popwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Popwa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Popwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Popwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Popwa are found; 81 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 81 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Popwa is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Popwa is most numerous in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pompwa9121/
Popwas919/
Papwa8035/
Popwe8035/
Popua8021/
Popwo802/
Pobwa802/
Popuha7360/
Papwai7335/
Papwas731/
Popwip731/
Pappwa731/
Popuas731/
Pepway731/
Popwei731/
Popuhai67102/
Phapwai6772/
Popwich6714/
Peppway675/
Popwycz671/
Popwood671/
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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 Popwa
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