Popó Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Colombia

Popó Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popó Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Popo (13,741), Popô (2), Pópó (1) & Pópo (1) are calculated separately.

Popó Last Name Facts

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

Popó is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Popo, Popô, Pópó or Pópo. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popó? popularity and diffusion

The surname Popó is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Popó are found; 93 percent are found in South America and 73 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 19,461,303. In Brazil Popó is most numerous in: Sergipe, where 27 percent reside, Rio Grande do Norte, where 18 percent reside and Bahia, where 9 percent reside. Not including Brazil this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popo9213,741/
Popô922/
Pópó831/
Pópo831/
Pospós801/
Popa75204,076/
Popu75326/
Papó751/
Popat6727,022/
Poppa671,425/
Pospo67844/
Popos67833/
Popot67718/
Popaz67716/
Poupa67448/
Popoy67362/
Poppo67342/
Popoi67320/
Poopa67241/
Popus67204/
Poupo67146/
Popas67138/
Popoo67138/
Popui67124/
Popoe67120/
Phopa6792/
Popoh6790/
Popou6777/
Popop6766/
Popuş6754/
Papós6751/
Popeu6746/
Popau6744/
Popoa6740/
Poput6740/
Popăţ6731/
Popuș6728/
Popah6726/
Poopo6722/
Popad6719/
Poipo6716/
Pospa6716/
Popač6714/
Poppu6712/
Potpa6712/
Poipa6711/
Popoj6710/
Popoz679/
Popha676/
Phopu674/
Pospu674/
Poopu674/
Pophu672/
Poipu672/
Ppopo671/
Pojpa671/
Podpu671/
Poppô671/

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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 Popó
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