Papanikos Surname

372,836th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 962 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Papanikos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papanikos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece8971:12,3521,644
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Papanikos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Papanikos is found most frequently in Greece. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Papanikos.

How Common Is The Last Name Papanikos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 372,836th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 7,575,412 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Papanikos live; 93 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Greece, where it is borne by 897 people, or 1 in 12,352. In Greece it is most prevalent in: Attica, where 32 percent live, Western Greece, where 20 percent live and Central Macedonia, where 17 percent live. Outside of Greece this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Papanikos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Papanikos surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.

Papanikos earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.73% more than the national average, earning $43,894 USD per year.

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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 Papanikos
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