Panapan Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Panapan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Panapan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1321:766,95674,930
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
India151:51,137,692512,385
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Panapan (67) may also be a first name.

Panapan Last Name Facts

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

Panapan (Hindi: पनपन, Oriya: ପାନପାନ) is most common in The Philippines. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Panapan? popularity and diffusion

Panapan is the 1,338,236th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Panapan are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 77 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Panapan is also the 1,191,548th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 67 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 766,956. In The Philippines Panapan is mostly found in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 69 percent reside, Cagayan Valley, where 26 percent reside and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 2 percent reside. Besides The Philippines this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 10 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Panapan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Panapan in the Oriya language
ପାନପାନpanapana66.67
ପାନାପାନpanapana33.33
Panapan in the Hindi language
पनपनpanapana50
पनापनpanapana50

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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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  • 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 Panapan
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