Papillion Surname

465,182nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 724 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Papillion Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papillion Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7011:517,06043,253
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
France31:22,140,907385,998
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Papillion (11) may also be a first name.

Papillion Last Name Facts

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

The surname Papillion is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Papillion.

How Common Is The Last Name Papillion? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 465,182nd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,065,671 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Papillion live; 97 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 11 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 701 people, or 1 in 517,060. In The United States Papillion is most frequent in: Louisiana, where 52 percent live, Texas, where 23 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Papillion Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Papillion has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Papillion surname increased 2,417 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Papillion Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Papillion are 13.64% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.87% registered with the political party.

Papillion earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.48% less than the national average, earning $39,488 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pappillion95131/
Papiellion951/
Papillon947,690/
Popillion8988/
Pappillon893/
Papilloin891/
Paplion883/
Papllon881/
Poppillion843/
Papillonne841/
Popillon823/
Papellon823/
Paplin8089/
Paplon801/
Poplion7532/
Pauplin7516/
Papling753/
Papplin753/
Paplian752/
Paplina752/
Popellon711/
Papellan711/
Poplin673,681/
Phatplian6716/
Poplon679/
Paplan679/
Pauplienė678/
Peplon676/
Paplom672/
Paplen671/
Paplinova671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Papillion
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