Pupalan Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Pupalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pupalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India181:42,614,743461,117
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308

Pupalan (13,384) may also be a first name.

Pupalan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pupalan (Marathi: पुपालन) is found most frequently in India. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pupalan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Pupalan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pupalan are found; 56 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 56 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Pupalan is also the 50,252nd most prevalent forename on earth It is held by 13,384 people.

The last name Pupalan is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 42,614,743. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 89 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 6 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 6 percent reside. Apart from India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 44 percent reside and Indonesia, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pupalang9313/
Puppalan932/
Poupalan931/
Pupaillan881/
Pipalan861/
Pupalam861/
Poopalan8058/
Pipalain801/
Phupalam801/
Poupelain75110/
Paupelain7519/
Phupaloung711/

Pupalan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pupalan in the Marathi language
पुपालनpupalana-

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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 Pupalan
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