Puapan Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Puapan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puapan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1321:535,13992,379
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Puapan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puapan is found most in Thailand. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Puapan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,511,557th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Puapan reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Tai-Asia.

This last name is most frequent in Thailand, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 535,139. In Thailand it is most frequent in: Bangkok, where 23 percent are found, Surat Thani Province, where 20 percent are found and Songkhla Province, where 19 percent are found. Barring Thailand it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puaphan9212/
Puapang924/
Puapanth862/
Puaphant861/
Puaphang861/
Buapan83926/
Buaphan7710,337/
Puapong7727/
Buapang7720/
Buapean779/
Buapaun773/
Buahpan772/
Buapant771/
Buapain771/
Buapaan771/
Puophan771/
Bhuapan771/
Buaphang7193/
Buaphean7188/
Buaphain719/
Buaphaun719/
Puapondh716/
Pwatphan714/
Puadpong712/
Buapanth711/
Buapon6731/
Buopan675/
Buapheang671/
Buapanowa671/
Buaphachen631,979/
Buapong6288/
Buaphon6237/
Buapoon6217/
Buopane623/
Buapeun622/
Buopain621/
Buaphong57391/
Buapoung572/
Buaphoon572/
Buapheun571/
Buaphein571/
Buapom50208/

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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 Puapan
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