Papapostolou Surname

186,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Papapostolou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papapostolou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2,1131:5,244544
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
Cyprus261:34,0343,767
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
France61:11,070,454349,096
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
China21:683,660,78330,601
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

Papapostolou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Papapostolou occurs most in Greece. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Papapostolou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 186,039th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,200,503 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Papapostolou live; 94 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is held by 2,113 people, or 1 in 5,244. In Greece it is mostly found in: Attica, where 34 percent reside, Central Macedonia, where 23 percent reside and Thessaly, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Greece this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.

Papapostolou Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Papapostolou earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 14.42% less than the national average, earning $36,929 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.34% less than the national average, earning $42,559 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papapostolu9611/
Papapastolou921/
Papapostalou921/
Papapostolos921/
Pappa Apostolou891/
Papapostoli879/
Baba-Apostol671/

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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 Papapostolou
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