Papashi Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Papashi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papashi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Papashi Last Name Facts

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

Papashi (Marathi: पपाशी, Russian: Папаши) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Papashi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Papashi is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Papashi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Papashi live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 25 percent are found, Free State, where 25 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 25 percent are found. Beside South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 29 percent are found and India, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Papashi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Papashi in the Marathi language
पपाशीpapasi66.67
पापािशpapaisa33.33
Papashi in the Russian language
Папашиpapasi-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Papashi
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