Papira Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Papira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Papira (192) may also be a first name.
Papira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Papira (Hindi: पपीरा, Marathi: पपीरा, Russian: Папира) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Papira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Papira reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Papira is also the 655,603rd most widespread given name world-wide It is held by 192 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 1,219,977. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kabarole District, where 41 percent reside, Bundibugyo District, where 28 percent reside and Kasese District, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent reside and Russia, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Papira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Papira in the Marathi language | ||
| पपीरा | papira | - |
| Papira in the Hindi language | ||
| पपीरा | papira | 98.31 |
| पपिरा | papira | 1.69 |
| Papira in the Russian language | ||
| Папира | papira | - |
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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 Papira
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