Pupua Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

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

Pupua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pupua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea581:140,58119,337
United States321:11,326,842445,236
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Pupua (13) may also be a first name.

Pupua Last Name Facts

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

Pupua occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pupua? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,882,912th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Pupua reside; 62 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname Pupua is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea Pupua is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 66 percent live, Morobe, where 16 percent live and National Capital District, where 14 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.

Pupua Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pupua are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Pupua earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.81% less than the national average, earning $37,188 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Punpua9186/
Pumpua9111/
Peupuad837/
Pumpuay831/
Pubua8048/
Pupwa805/
Pipua802/
Pupuo801/
Phumphua7798/
Phunphua7797/
Phumpuay771/
Phubua731,271/
Pupwea731/
Poupuo731/
Phaubua671/
Phumphuo621/
Pibua60276/
Puvva6085/
Pubba6054/
Pobua601/
Puvwa601/
Poobua558/
Piebua554/
Pubbha553/
Pubbaj552/
Phobua551/
Phipwai504/
Poubbou502/

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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 Pupua
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