Papanye Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Papanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Papanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Papanye is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Papanye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Papanye is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Papanye live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Papanye is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 92 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papanay | 86 | 95 | / |
| Papanea | 86 | 37 | / |
| Papagne | 86 | 36 | / |
| Papange | 86 | 30 | / |
| Papanie | 86 | 9 | / |
| Papanej | 86 | 7 | / |
| Papaney | 86 | 6 | / |
| Papanei | 86 | 3 | / |
| Papaneja | 80 | 257 | / |
| Papanier | 80 | 76 | / |
| Papaniya | 80 | 5 | / |
| Papainay | 80 | 3 | / |
| Paphanee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Paphanhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Papaniyo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pahpagne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Papanai | 71 | 405 | / |
| Papanoi | 71 | 66 | / |
| Papanji | 71 | 43 | / |
| Popanea | 71 | 42 | / |
| Papanau | 71 | 31 | / |
| Papanui | 71 | 14 | / |
| Papanou | 71 | 11 | / |
| Paponie | 71 | 8 | / |
| Paapaneeyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Papanaha | 67 | 37 | / |
| Papangai | 67 | 37 | / |
| Poopanee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Papanija | 67 | 3 | / |
| Papanaji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Papougne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paapanaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poppanie | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Papanye
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