Last name Popal (Popal 
, پوپل 
, Попал 
) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Popal is habitual in Afghanistan, where it is quite a common surname, Papua New Guinea, where it is quite a rare surname, and United Arab Emirates. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Afghanistan, the United States, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Popal is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Popal | Indonesia, India, Afghanistan, Germany, United States |
| پوپل | Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran |
| Попал | Ukraine, Russia |
| naim popal Afghani singer, songwriter and composer, AF (b. 1954) |
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| ghulam jilani popal Afghan politician, AF (b. 1955) |
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| karim popal German lawyer, DE (b. 1957) |
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| muhammed popal AF (b. 1967) |
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| m. sedique popal faculty member at the University of San Francisco |
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| rehana popal AF |
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