Papah Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Papah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 94 | 1:1,884,497 | 67,423 |
| Kenya | 64 | 1:721,561 | 30,456 |
| Ivory Coast | 61 | 1:378,217 | 13,194 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Papah (149) may also be a first name.
Papah Demographics
Average Papah Salary in
South Africa
R 140,388
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Papah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Papah is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Papah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 842,714th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Papah live; 31 percent live in West Africa and 30 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 754,880th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 149 people.
The surname Papah is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 1,884,497. In Nigeria Papah is primarily found in: Rivers, where 98 percent live, Bayelsa, where 1 percent live and Lagos, where 1 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 20 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent live.
Papah Last Name Statistics demography
Papah earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.92% less than the national average, earning R 140,388 per year.
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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
- 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 Papah
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