Papiyama Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
South Africa

Papiyama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papiyama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Papiyama Last Name Facts

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

Papiyama (Oriya: ପାପିୟାମା) has its highest incidence in India. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Papiyama.

How Common Is The Last Name Papiyama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most widespread family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Papiyama live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Papiyama is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Papiyama is mostly found in: Odisha, where 100 percent are found. Not including India this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papiyamma942/
Papayama8811/
Papeyama886/
Papiyamo881/
Papayamma82130/
Papaiahmma785/
Paapayamma784/
Papiiahmma783/
Papaymma754/
Papaimma753/
Papayema751/
Papaiame751/
Papajama751/
Papayami751/
Papaaiahmma74124/
Papame7126/
Papime715/
Pappayami711/
Papouma671/
Papamei671/
Phaphame635/
Papaiomis591/

Papiyama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Papiyama in the Oriya language
ପାପିୟାମାpapiyama83.33
ପାପିୟମାpapiyama16.67

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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 Papiyama
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