Papins Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Papins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia91:227,78322,848
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Papins (13) may also be a first name.

Papins Last Name Facts

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

The last name Papins (Hindi: पपीन्स) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Papins? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Papins are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in Baltic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname Papins is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 227,783. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 44 percent live, Latgale, where 33 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Latvia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popins83102/
Papens8357/
Pepins833/
Pappens77154/
Peipins77145/
Poppins77143/
Peppins7731/
Paepens7726/
Paupens771/
Popens6769/
Popinsova671/
Pepens671/
Poppens62235/
Peppens622/
Peipens622/
Popnce503/

Papins Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Papins in the Hindi language
पपीन्सpapinsa50
पपिन्सpapinsa50

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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 Papins
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