Papuan Surname
Approximately 394 people bear this surname
Papuan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 382 | 1:184,917 | 30,322 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pampuan | 92 | 446 | / |
| Panpuan | 92 | 81 | / |
| Phanpuan | 86 | 24 | / |
| Patpuang | 86 | 9 | / |
| Peapuang | 86 | 2 | / |
| Padpuang | 86 | 2 | / |
| Paipuang | 86 | 1 | / |
| Panphuan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Papuhang | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pabuan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phanphuan | 80 | 5 | / |
| Papuanova | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pachpuang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pabuang | 77 | 76 | / |
| Popuang | 77 | 7 | / |
| Paspwan | 77 | 5 | / |
| Peepuan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pompuan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pabuhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pabuann | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poopuang | 71 | 46 | / |
| Pootpuang | 67 | 5 | / |
| Popuanova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phoopuang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pavvan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pabban | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phepwan | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pabbon | 50 | 2 | / |
| Pabuom | 50 | 1 | / |
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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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