Papuwa Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Papuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Papuwa (38) may also be a first name.

Papuwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Papuwa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Papuwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Papuwa is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Papuwa are found; 80 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 80 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 38 people.

It is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Papuwa is primarily concentrated in: Milne Bay, where 67 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 25 percent live and Morobe, where 8 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papauwa921/
Papiwa8324/
Papuwo839/
Papuva831/
Papueva7713/
Papubhai7143/
Phapubai719/
Pappubai714/
Pappubhai67126/
Papiva672/
Papuvi671/
Pophiwa62166/
Papieva6240/
Popowai624/
Papoova621/
Popowe5010/
Popowo502/
Popowi501/

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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 Papuwa
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