Banapas Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

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

Banapas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Banapas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea311:263,02335,917
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Banapas (85) may also be a first name.

Banapas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Banapas is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Banapas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,485,539th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Banapas are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Banapas is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 85 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea Banapas is mostly found in: Enga, where 35 percent live, Hela, where 19 percent live and Morobe, where 19 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Banapas exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Banapas
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