Puputa Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Puputa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puputa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Puputa (17) may also be a first name.

Puputa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puputa is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Puputa.

How Common Is The Last Name Puputa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,228,735th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Puputa are found; 65 percent are found in Southern Africa and 65 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Puputa is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa Puputa is most common in: Limpopo, where 96 percent reside and Gauteng, where 4 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 19 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.

Puputa Last Name Statistics demography

Puputa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.61% less than the national average, earning R 93,612 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puputoa921/
Puputau921/
Pouputta861/
Poupouta861/
Piputa83215/
Pupita83164/
Puputo83109/
Puputi8335/
Puputy839/
Pupute836/
Puputti77656/
Phupute774/
Phuphuttha751/
Pooputta717/
Phupotoa711/
Phuphute711/
Pipita67205/
Pupito6715/
Piputo671/
Phooputtha631/
Phupoto6226/
Piputto6210/
Pipitai622/
Pupotto621/
Pipitha621/
Phuipoto571/
Phuphoto571/
Pipito50664/
Pipitò5020/

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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 Puputa
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