Papanidis Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Papanidis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papanidis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece831:133,49122,215
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Papanidis Last Name Facts

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

Papanidis (Georgian: პაპანიდის, Russian: Папанидис) is held by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Papanidis? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,894,523rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname Papanidis is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Papanidis live; 86 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Greece, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 133,491. In Greece Papanidis is most numerous in: Central Macedonia, where 54 percent live, Attica, where 25 percent live and Crete, where 18 percent live. Aside from Greece it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 6 percent live and Georgia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papanidi9434/
Papainidi891/
Papounidis84108/
Papanide822/
Paponidi821/
Papounidi7855/
Peponidis7836/
Popounidis741/
Peponides678/
Poponides671/

Papanidis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Papanidis in the Georgian language
პაპანიდისpapanidis-
Papanidis in the Russian language
Папанидисpapanidis-

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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 Papanidis
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