Sopoi Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Sopoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Sopoi (15) may also be a first name.
Sopoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sopoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sopoi occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sopoi.
How Common Is The Last Name Sopoi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sopoi is the 5,812,366th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. Sopoi occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Sopoi live; 91 percent live in Oceania Islands and 91 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Sopoi is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 15 people.
It is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 60 percent are found, Central, where 20 percent are found and Gulf, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Sopoi
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