Papka Surname

120,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,788 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Papka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,8131:97,7076,675
Ukraine6751:67,4419,667
Poland5601:67,87310,656
United States3521:1,029,71375,652
Russia2611:552,19649,742
Belarus281:339,32436,540
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
England201:2,785,90397,972
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Latvia111:186,36821,302
Kazakhstan91:1,964,72289,832
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
France11:66,422,722504,397
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Papka (558) may also be a first name.

Papka Last Name Facts

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

Papka (Russian: Папка) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Papka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 120,967th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,923,851 people. The last name Papka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 48 percent of Papka live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 356,054th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 558 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,813 people, or 1 in 97,707. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 65 percent live, Borno, where 23 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 18 percent live and Poland, where 15 percent live.

Papka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Papka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Papka last name grew 2,708 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Papka Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Papka surname is principally Orthodox (91%) in Russia and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Papka are 2.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.82% registered with the political party.

The amount Papka earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 11.87% more than the national average, earning $48,271 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $36,413 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pappka9113/
Papkka915/
Papkai911/
Paspka911/
Papkash831/
Papckka830/
Papke807,819/
Papko802,087/
Popka80563/
Pepka80374/
Papca805/
Papki803/
Pabka802/
Papky801/
Phapko73212/
Papcke73115/
Papkoj7356/
Papkey7343/
Papker7336/
Papkee7322/
Paapke7313/
Papkie7310/
Paupke735/
Papkou734/
Paspke733/
Papkho731/
Pappke731/
Pappky731/
Phopka731/
Poupka731/
Popkoa731/
Popkas730/
Paupki730/
Popfka730/
Peuppka671/

Papka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Papka in the Russian language
Папкаpapka-

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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 Papka
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