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

The last name Papansa occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Papansa? popularity and diffusion

Papansa is the 1,565,797th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Papansa live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname Papansa is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 1,017,301. In Indonesia Papansa is primarily concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 85 percent are found, Riau, where 8 percent are found and North Maluku, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Papansa
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