Papacosta Surname

632,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 483 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cyprus
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Papacosta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papacosta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cyprus2841:3,116365
Brazil661:3,243,55093,057
England561:994,96549,531
Greece261:426,14656,152
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Akrotiri and Dhekelia11:7,858154
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Papacosta Last Name Facts

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

Papacosta is found most frequently in Cyprus. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Papacosta? popularity and diffusion

It is the 632,228th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,088,087 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Papacosta are found; 64 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 64 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Papacosta is most common in Cyprus, where it is borne by 284 people, or 1 in 3,116. In Cyprus Papacosta is most numerous in: Larnaca District, where 34 percent are found, Limassol District, where 31 percent are found and Paphos District, where 19 percent are found. Besides Cyprus Papacosta exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.

Papacosta Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Papacosta last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 85.71% being registered with the political party.

Papacosta earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.46% less than the national average, earning $33,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papacostas95416/
Papacostea9533/
Pappacostas9013/
Papakosta892,312/
Papacosti891/
Papacostes841/
Papachasta841/
Papakota821/
Pappakostas8028/
Papakotas781/
Papakostis744/
Papakostos743/
Papakata711/

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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 Papacosta
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