Pappinen Surname

912,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Pappinen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pappinen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland2131:25,8063,545
Russia641:2,251,923134,938
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Pappinen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pappinen (Russian: Паппинен) is held by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pappinen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pappinen is the 912,827th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Pappinen are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 75 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most prevalent in Finland, where it is borne by 213 people, or 1 in 25,806. In Finland Pappinen is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 25 percent are found, Central Finland, where 21 percent are found and North Karelia, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Finland this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 22 percent are found and Estonia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papinen9336/
Pappynen881/
Papunen80347/
Phaphineng784/
Peipinen7518/
Papenin67110/
Papunin6748/
Popinin6710/
Papynin675/
Papenyn671/
Papenina63195/
Popinina633/
Papenyna632/
Papynina631/
Pepenin5339/
Popenin5320/
Pepenyn538/
Popynin535/
Popynyn533/
Popenyn531/
Popenina5046/
Popynina507/
Popenyna503/

Pappinen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pappinen in the Russian language
Паппиненpappinen-

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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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  • 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 Pappinen
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