Papusa Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Papusa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 146 | 1:24,393 | 4,045 |
| Romania | 40 | 1:501,947 | 38,412 |
| Latvia | 5 | 1:410,009 | 28,210 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Papuša (2) & Păpuşă (4) are calculated separately.
Papusa (48) may also be a first name.
Papusa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papusa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Papusa (Marathi: पासुसा, Oriya: ପାପୁସା) has its highest incidence in Moldova. It may be rendered as: Papuša or Păpuşă. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Papusa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Papusa is the 1,185,157th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Papusa are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequent forename worldwide, held by 48 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 24,393. In Moldova Papusa is most frequent in: Hîncești District, where 33 percent are found, Ocnița District, where 24 percent are found and Chișinău Municipality, where 19 percent are found. Besides Moldova this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 20 percent are found and Latvia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Papusa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Papusa in the Marathi language | ||
| पासुसा | pasusa | - |
| Papusa in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାପୁସା | papusa | 80 |
| ପପୁସା | papusa | 20 |
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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 Papusa
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