Papista Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Papista Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papista Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece231:481,73061,288
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
France31:22,140,907385,998
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

The alternate forms: Papišta (297), Pápista (151) & Pápišta (2) are calculated separately.

Papista (25) may also be a first name.

Papista Last Name Facts

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

The last name Papista is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Papišta, Pápista or Pápišta. For other potential spellings of Papista click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Papista? popularity and diffusion

Papista is the 2,034,059th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Papista reside; 33 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 27 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. Papista is also the 2,136,160th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 25 people.

The surname Papista is most widespread in Greece, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 481,730. In Greece Papista is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 91 percent are found, Central Macedonia, where 4 percent are found and Western Macedonia, where 4 percent are found. Not including Greece it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Papista Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Papista surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Papista earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.53% less than the national average, earning $29,975 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papišta95297/
Pápista95151/
Papistas9375/
Papistta939/
Papita92332/
Pápišta902/
Papitha869/
Papitas864/
Paspita862/
Papitai861/
Papitta861/
Papisty861/
Papitaj861/
Pappita861/
Papitap861/
Popistas80299/
Phapitta805/
Pappitha803/
Papistti801/
Papeta77492/
Popita77171/
Papito77144/
Popistash7528/
Papitto71346/
Papetta71131/
Pospita7186/
Popitay7172/
Popaita7126/
Popoita715/
Paipeta713/
Papitou713/
Papeeta711/
Papettas67309/
Paphitou6761/
Papeteau6718/
Popoitai6710/
Popister676/
Pappetta672/
Papeetha672/
Papaishetty671/

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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 Papista
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