Papius Surname

544,093rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 589 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Papius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papius Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3911:135,40112,574
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Saint Lucia511:3,506518
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States121:30,204,911765,334
France61:11,070,454349,096
England41:13,929,515290,718
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Papius (878) may also be a first name.

Papius Last Name Facts

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

The surname Papius occurs most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Papius click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Papius? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 544,093rd most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,372,743 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Papius live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Papius is also the 274,430th most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 878 people.

The surname Papius is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 391 people, or 1 in 135,401. In Tanzania Papius is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 60 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 18 percent reside and Saint Lucia, where 9 percent reside.

Papius Last Name Statistics demography

Papius earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.96% less than the national average, earning $29,792 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paphius926/
Papious925/
Pappius921/
Papiu9185/
Papoiu8382/
Papiua835/
Papiou834/
Papyus833/
Poppius7772/
Popijus7755/
Papugiu7724/
Papieau7719/
Paphiou7715/
Papoiou771/
Papiaou771/
Paspyus771/
Popiu7324/
Papió736/
Popeijus7116/
Popoiu671,068/
Popiuc67175/
Popeiu6766/
Papeau6764/
Popyus672/
Popițu671/
Papehause671/
Popeyus6221/
Pappoju627/
Paspoju627/
Pabpoju623/
Papayyu621/
Phoophiu571/
Peyphieu571/
Popeau502/
Popuju501/
Popoju501/

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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 Papius
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