Papaa Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Papaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Papaá (2) are calculated separately.
Papaa (791) may also be a first name.
Papaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Papaa (Marathi: पापा, Oriya: ପାପାଆ, Russian: Папаа) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Papaá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Papaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Papaa is the 2,483,783rd most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Papaa live; 35 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 291,309th most widespread given name on earth, borne by 791 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Papaa is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 90 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent reside and Gombe, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and Tanzania, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Papaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Papaa in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାପାଆ | papa'a | - |
| Papaa in the Marathi language | ||
| पापा | papa | 66.67 |
| पपा | papa | 33.33 |
| Papaa in the Russian language | ||
| Папаа | papaa | - |
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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 Papaa
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