Papakostas Surname

117,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,911 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Papakostas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papakostas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3,6371:3,046254
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
Canada391:944,75971,777
Australia361:749,88148,970
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
England151:3,714,537119,675
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
China31:455,773,85521,925
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Papakostas Last Name Facts

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

Papakostas (Russian: Папакостас) is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Papakostas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 117,677th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,863,346 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Papakostas live; 93 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Papakostas is most numerous in Greece, where it is held by 3,637 people, or 1 in 3,046. In Greece Papakostas is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 27 percent are found, Thessaly, where 20 percent are found and Epirus, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Greece it occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Papakostas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Papakostas are 1.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Papakostas earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.07% less than the national average, earning $41,394 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.39% less than the national average, earning $45,513 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pappakostas9528/
Papkostas952/
Papacostas90416/
Papakostis904/
Papakostos903/
Pappacostas8613/
Papacostes801/
Papachastas761/

Papakostas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Papakostas in the Russian language
Папакостасpapakostas-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Papakostas
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