Paapa Surname
Approximately 376 people bear this surname
Paapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
The alternate forms: Paapá (1) are calculated separately.
Paapa (3,204) may also be a first name.
Paapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paapa (Oriya: ପାଆପା, Russian: Паапа) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Paapá. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paapa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 760,012th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 19,381,771 people. The surname Paapa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Paapa reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Paapa is also the 126,831st most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 3,204 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Beside Ghana Paapa exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 12 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Paapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paapa in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଆପା | pa'apa | - |
| Paapa in the Russian language | ||
| Паапа | paapa | - |
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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 Paapa
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