Papada Surname

656,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 459 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Papada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papada Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2871:38,6066,162
United States651:5,576,291276,051
Argentina481:890,48857,418
India331:23,244,406321,547
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Papadá (3) are calculated separately.

Papada (1,223) may also be a first name.

Papada Last Name Facts

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

Papada (Hindi: पापडा, Marathi: पापडा) is found most in Greece. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Papadá. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Papada? popularity and diffusion

The last name Papada is the 656,126th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Papada reside; 63 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 63 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. Papada is also the 226,269th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,223 people.

The last name Papada is most common in Greece, where it is borne by 287 people, or 1 in 38,606. In Greece Papada is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 56 percent live, Peloponnese, where 20 percent live and Central Greece, where 12 percent live. Apart from Greece this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Argentina, where 10 percent live.

Papada Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Papada last name are 35.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.89% being registered to vote for the political party.

Papada earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.8% less than the national average, earning $28,564 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Papada Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Papada in the Hindi language
पापडाpapada66.67
पपदाpapada33.33
Papada in the Marathi language
पापडाpapada57.14
पपडाpapada42.86

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Papada
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis