Papež Surname

189,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Papež Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papež Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia1,1311:2,200238
Czechia9581:11,1001,516
Croatia1341:31,5576,461
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Papez (806) are calculated separately.

Papež Last Name Facts

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

The last name Papež is found most frequently in Slovenia. It can also be found as: Papez. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Papež? popularity and diffusion

It is the 189,356th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,266,493 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Papež reside; 57 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 57 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Papež is most prevalent in Slovenia, where it is borne by 1,131 people, or 1 in 2,200. In Slovenia it is mostly found in: Southeast Slovenia, where 46 percent reside, Central Slovenia, where 31 percent reside and Drava, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Slovenia Papež occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 43 percent reside and Croatia, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papez93806/
Papiež9111/
Papes80922/
Papec80305/
Papeš80296/
Papex8025/
Papej809/
Papiž807/
Papežová77986/
Papież732,021/
Papesh73841/
Papeix73133/
Pappes7333/
Paperz7326/
Papeis7318/
Papesz7312/
Papezh7311/
Papieź736/
Papeas734/
Papaeš733/
Papees732/
Pappez732/
Papech732/
Peapes731/
Patpej731/
Papierz671,844/
Papesch67586/
Papiesz6719/
Paperzh6714/
Phapech672/
Papetch672/
Peapech671/
Paaipes671/
Paypesh671/
Pappesh671/

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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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  • 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 Papež
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