Papha Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Papha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 83 | 1:1,219,738 | 95,055 |
| Thailand | 76 | 1:929,452 | 144,548 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Papha (122) may also be a first name.
Papha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Papha (Hindi: पफा) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Papha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Papha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,235,409th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname Papha occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Papha reside; 85 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 44 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Papha is also the 844,248th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 122 people.
The surname Papha is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 1,219,738. In The Philippines Papha is mostly concentrated in: Northern Mindanao, where 87 percent live, Mimaropa, where 5 percent live and Davao Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from The Philippines Papha occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 40 percent live and Botswana, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Papha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Papha in the Hindi language | ||
| पफा | papha | - |
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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 Papha
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