Paplis Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Paplis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paplis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Paplis (5) may also be a first name.

Paplis Last Name Facts

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

Paplis is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Paplis.

How Common Is The Last Name Paplis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Paplis is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Paplis are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Paplis is also the 5,493,085th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 5 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Pwani Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pauplis9244/
Papli9155/
Paipelis8630/
Paplia8367/
Poplis8354/
Paples8332/
Peplis8320/
Paupli834/
Pappli834/
Paplei832/
Paplli831/
Papliy831/
Peplies7758/
Papilli7735/
Pauplys7716/
Papelli776/
Phaploi774/
Pouplis772/
Peaplie771/
Peaples771/
Poplais771/
Paipeli771/
Peeplis770/
Pauplit770/
Popli734,895/
Papla73283/
Paple73257/
Peapples7143/
Pappilli7122/
Papillie715/
Phatphli714/
Patpelli711/
Paipilli711/
Papler67397/
Papple67271/
Peaple67169/
Poplai67101/
Papley6778/
Pappla6756/
Phopli6729/
Peples6719/
Phaple677/
Paidpilli674/
Pophli674/
Pospli674/
Poples673/
Poplia672/
Paplez671/
Papleu671/
Potpli671/
Poplei671/
Poplhi671/
Patple671/
Poupli671/
Paidpelli671/
Paiple671/
Poplic671/
Paphla671/
Paplay671/
Paplla671/
Paplex670/

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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 Paplis
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