Papas Surname
Approximately 8,011 people bear this surname
Papas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,783 | 1:203,286 | 19,967 |
| Philippines | 1,647 | 1:61,468 | 10,403 |
| Greece | 1,640 | 1:6,756 | 775 |
| Australia | 1,240 | 1:21,771 | 3,011 |
| Cyprus | 312 | 1:2,836 | 341 |
| Canada | 262 | 1:140,632 | 14,476 |
| South Africa | 161 | 1:336,507 | 31,327 |
| England | 153 | 1:364,170 | 25,923 |
| Peru | 144 | 1:220,723 | 9,717 |
| Albania | 138 | 1:21,116 | 3,606 |
| Germany | 81 | 1:993,895 | 68,573 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Turkey | 40 | 1:1,945,536 | 68,232 |
| Poland | 29 | 1:1,310,647 | 81,985 |
| Norway | 25 | 1:205,691 | 23,411 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 1:775,434 | 29,551 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Papás (11) & Papaś (1) are calculated separately.
Papas (312) may also be a first name.
Papas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Greek) The priest.
User-submitted Reference
Pappas sounds exactly like the Greek word for 'priest', papas. The only thing that is different is the spelling. The king in playing cards is also called papas and there is a card game in Greece called "pappas".
- george184nfPapas Demographics
Average Male Papas Height
176.98 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Papas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Papas (Arabic: باباس, Bengali: পাপস, Hindi: पापस, Marathi: पापस, Oriya: ପାପସ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Papás or Papaś. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Papas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Papas is the 62,640th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 909,692 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 31 percent of Papas are found; 26 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 24 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Papas is also the 497,456th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 312 people.
The surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 1,783 people, or 1 in 203,286. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 15 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname exists in 78 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 21 percent reside and Greece, where 20 percent reside.
Papas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Papas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Papas surname increased 16,209 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Papas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Papas last name are 1.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.59% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Papas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.43% more than the national average, earning 351,041 kr per year; in Peru they earn 43.01% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,048 per year; in South Africa they earn 96.91% more than the national average, earning R 467,940 per year; in United States they earn 20.46% more than the national average, earning $51,977 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.2% more than the national average, earning $56,240 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Papas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Papas in the Bengali language | ||
| পাপস | papasa | - |
| Papas in the Marathi language | ||
| पापस | papasa | 90.91 |
| पापास | papasa | 9.09 |
| Papas in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାପସ | papasa | 83.33 |
| ପାପସର | papasara | 16.67 |
| Papas in the Hindi language | ||
| पापस | papasa | 50 |
| पपास | papasa | 50 |
| Papas in the Arabic language | ||
| باباس | babas | - |
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Footnotes
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