Papens Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Papens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium281:410,59442,948
France271:2,460,101186,232
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Papens Last Name Facts

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

Papens is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Papens? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,555,468th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name Papens is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Papens are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 53 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

Papens is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 410,594. In Belgium Papens is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 47 percent are found and Latvia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pappens92154/
Paepens9226/
Paupens921/
Popens8369/
Papins8310/
Pepens831/
Poppens77235/
Peppens772/
Peipens772/
Popins67102/
Pepins673/
Peipins62145/
Poppins62143/
Peppins6231/
Popinsova531/
Popnce503/

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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 Papens
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