Papenfus Surname

228,810th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,771 people bear this surname

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

Papenfus Surname Definition:

“Priest’s Foot” in Old German (Pape - Pfaffe).

Papenfus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,2031:45,0355,758
United States3311:1,095,04279,381
Poland481:791,84963,527
Australia381:710,41347,396
England321:1,741,18971,393
Northern Ireland291:63,6224,809
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Papenfüs (1) are calculated separately.

Papenfus Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Priest’s Foot” in Old German (Pape - Pfaffe).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Papenfus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Papenfus occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Papenfüs. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Papenfus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 228,810th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,114,933 people. The last name Papenfus is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Papenfus live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Papenfus is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,203 people, or 1 in 45,035. In South Africa Papenfus is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 37 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 14 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Poland, where 3 percent reside.

Papenfus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Papenfus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Papenfus surname expanded 3,678 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Papenfus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Papenfus last name are 18.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.95% being registered with the political party.

The amount Papenfus earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 232.83% more than the national average, earning R 790,920 per year and in United States they earn 13.59% more than the national average, earning $49,013 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papenfüs961/
Papenfuss941,097/
Pappenfus94268/
Papenfuse94119/
Papenfuhs94110/
Pappenfuss8955/
Papaenfuss891/
Papenfuß881,987/
Popenfus8813/
Papenfut8811/
Pepenfus883/
Popenfuss8215/
Papenfoes822/
Pepenfuss822/
Papemfuss821/
Papenfüss821/
Poppenfus820/
Poppenfuse7817/
Poppenfusz780/
Pappenfurz780/
Popenfoose6743/
Popinfouse670/

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