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) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms: Papaá. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Papaa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,483,783rd most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Papaa are found; 35 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 291,309th most commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 791 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Papaa is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 90 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent reside and Gombe, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs 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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