Papalai Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Papalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Papalai (23) may also be a first name.
Papalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Papalai has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Papalai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Papalai live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 23 people.
Papalai is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: East New Britain, where 50 percent reside and Enga, where 50 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Papalai
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