Popyeni Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Popyeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popyeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Popyeni (135) may also be a first name.

Popyeni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Popyeni is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Popyeni click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popyeni? popularity and diffusion

The last name Popyeni is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Popyeni is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Popyeni reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 797,647th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 135 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 25 percent are found and Namibia, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popieni861/
Popiene711/
Papijeni675/
Papjenni671/
Pophiene671/
Papijenni63162/
Popień6217/
Paapijenni593/
Pospiesny502/
Papijenna501/

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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 Popyeni
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