Papuan Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Papuan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papuan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand3821:184,91730,322
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Papuan (26) may also be a first name.

Papuan Last Name Facts

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

Papuan is found most in Thailand. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Papuan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 734,496th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Papuan are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Papuan is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 26 people.

It is most common in Thailand, where it is held by 382 people, or 1 in 184,917. In Thailand Papuan is primarily found in: Nan Province, where 36 percent live, Chiang Rai Province, where 24 percent live and Phayao Province, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Thailand Papuan occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pampuan92446/
Panpuan9281/
Phanpuan8624/
Patpuang869/
Peapuang862/
Padpuang862/
Paipuang861/
Panphuan861/
Papuhang861/
Pabuan831/
Phanphuan805/
Papuanova804/
Pachpuang801/
Pabuang7776/
Popuang777/
Paspwan775/
Peepuan772/
Pompuan771/
Pabuhan771/
Pabuann771/
Poopuang7146/
Pootpuang675/
Popuanova673/
Phoopuang671/
Pavvan671/
Pabban671/
Phepwan621/
Pabbon502/
Pabuom501/

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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 Papuan
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