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 last name Papalai is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Papalai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Papalai live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Papalai is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 23 people.
It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried 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. Outside of Papua New Guinea it 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
- 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 Papalai
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