Porapi Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Porapi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Porapi (20) may also be a first name.
Porapi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porapi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Porapi is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porapi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Porapi reside; 94 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 94 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Porapi is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent given name internationally It is held by 20 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 177,255. In Papua New Guinea Porapi is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 98 percent live and Jiwaka, where 2 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poorapi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Parapi | 83 | 789 | / |
| Poropi | 83 | 44 | / |
| Perapi | 83 | 17 | / |
| Porapa | 83 | 7 | / |
| Porape | 83 | 3 | / |
| Photraphi | 80 | 6 | / |
| Phurapi | 77 | 459 | / |
| Parapid | 77 | 146 | / |
| Poropis | 77 | 40 | / |
| Poreapa | 77 | 25 | / |
| Parapiy | 77 | 13 | / |
| Parapit | 77 | 8 | / |
| Poreape | 77 | 7 | / |
| Parapai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Purapai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Parapyi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Parapoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Porapoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Porapee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Porapha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Porappa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Parapei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pourraphie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pahrapie | 71 | 4 | / |
| Peerapai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Parapa | 67 | 620 | / |
| Parape | 67 | 553 | / |
| Perepi | 67 | 249 | / |
| Poropa | 67 | 68 | / |
| Parepi | 67 | 46 | / |
| Purape | 67 | 8 | / |
| Purapa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Paropi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Porepe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Perape | 67 | 3 | / |
| Porope | 67 | 2 | / |
| Parapy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pharaphai | 67 | 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
- 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 Porapi
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