Papansa Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Papansa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papansa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1301:1,017,30174,410
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Papansa Last Name Facts

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

Papansa is found most in Indonesia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Papansa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,565,797th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Papansa are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 1,017,301. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: North Sulawesi, where 85 percent live, Riau, where 8 percent live and North Maluku, where 7 percent live. Barring Indonesia it is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

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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 Papansa
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