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".
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Papas Political Affiliation
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Papas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Papas (Arabic: باباس, Bengali: পাপস, Hindi: पापस, Marathi: पापस, Oriya: ପାପସ) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Papás or Papaś. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Papas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 62,640th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 909,692 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 31 percent of Papas are found; 26 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 24 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 497,456th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 312 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,783 people, or 1 in 203,286. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 15 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and Illinois, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States Papas occurs in 78 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 21 percent are found and Greece, where 20 percent are found.
Papas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Papas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Papas last name rose 16,209 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Papas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Papas are 1.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.59% registered with the 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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