Papandrea Surname

145,985th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,039 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Papandrea Surname User-submission:

Papa = 'father'; Andrea = 'Andrew' or 'Andrea'. Thus this name was given to someone whose father's name was a priest name Andrea.

Papandrea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,4821:41,2667,419
United States8301:436,69837,574
Australia3311:81,5589,472
Argentina1571:272,25121,915
Brazil631:3,398,00596,455
Luxembourg461:12,6202,379
Canada441:837,40065,151
France291:2,290,439180,028
England201:2,785,90397,972
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Papandréa (6) are calculated separately.

Papandrea Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Papa = 'father'; Andrea = 'Andrew' or 'Andrea'. Thus this name was given to someone whose father's name was a priest name Andrea.

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Papandrea Last Name Facts

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

The surname Papandrea is found most frequently in Italy. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Papandréa. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Papandrea? popularity and diffusion

Papandrea is the 145,985th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,398,008 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Papandrea are found; 49 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent are found in Italic Europe.

It is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 1,482 people, or 1 in 41,266. In Italy Papandrea is most numerous in: Calabria, where 40 percent are found, Lombardy, where 25 percent are found and Piedmont, where 15 percent are found. Barring Italy Papandrea occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Papandrea Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Papandrea last name are 9.78% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.01% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Papandrea earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 18.25% less than the national average, earning €24,551 per year; in United States they earn 22.97% more than the national average, earning $53,061 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.58% more than the national average, earning $51,460 CAD per year.

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