Papuku Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Papuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Papuku Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Papuku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Papuku (Hindi: पपूकु, Marathi: पपुकु-वंर) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Papuku.

How Common Is The Last Name Papuku? popularity and diffusion

The surname Papuku is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Papuku live; 85 percent live in Southeast Asia and 85 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

It is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 12,022,654. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Central Sulawesi, where 100 percent live. Beside Indonesia Papuku is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papoku838/
Papucu831/
Papuçcu77210/
Papuşcu77110/
Paputcu772/
Puipuku771/
Popusku771/
Poupoukeu671/
Papokou621/
Popicu504/

Papuku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Papuku in the Hindi language
पपूकुpapuku-
Papuku in the Marathi language
पपुकु-वंरpapuku-vanra-

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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 Papuku
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