Papura Surname

870,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Papura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1651:275,89535,653
Russia631:2,287,668136,333
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
England101:5,571,806158,774
Wales71:442,07621,198
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Papură (8) are calculated separately.

Papura (83) may also be a first name.

Papura Last Name Facts

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

The last name Papura (Hindi: पपुरा, Oriya: ପାପୁରା, Russian: Папура) is found most in Ukraine. It can also appear as a variant: Papură. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Papura? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 870,423rd most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,432,624 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Papura live; 71 percent live in Eastern Europe and 68 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Papura is also the 1,052,971st most numerous forename throughout the world, held by 83 people.

It is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 275,895. In Ukraine Papura is most frequent in: Ternopil Oblast, where 52 percent live, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 18 percent live and Lviv Oblast, where 18 percent live. Aside from Ukraine Papura is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Papura Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Papura surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Communist Party Party than The US average, with 25% registered with the party.

Papura earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.95% less than the national average, earning $40,150 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Papura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Papura in the Oriya language
ପାପୁରାpapura-
Papura in the Hindi language
पपुराpapura55.56
पपूराpapura44.44
Papura in the Russian language
Папураpapura-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Papura
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