Pappaiah Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Pappaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
Pappaiah (34) may also be a first name.
Pappaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pappaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pappaiah is found most in Malaysia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pappaiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pappaiah are found; 53 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 53 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Pappaiah is also the 1,775,424th most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 34 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia Pappaiah is primarily found in: Selangor, where 75 percent reside, Kedah, where 13 percent reside and Perak, where 13 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 47 percent reside.
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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 Pappaiah
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