Puape Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Puape Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Puape (24) may also be a first name.
Puape Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puape Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puape is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Puape click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puape? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,274,477th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Puape reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Puape is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous given name on earth, held by 24 people.
The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 232,963. In Papua New Guinea Puape is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 60 percent are found, Morobe, where 17 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puapet | 91 | 1 | / |
| Puapei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Puapea | 91 | 1 | / |
| Puap | 89 | 115 | / |
| Puayper | 83 | 2 | / |
| Puhaper | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buape | 80 | 31 | / |
| Puapa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Puaph | 80 | 3 | / |
| Puapetch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buapet | 73 | 162 | / |
| Buatpe | 73 | 29 | / |
| Buaped | 73 | 6 | / |
| Buaper | 73 | 4 | / |
| Buapea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Puashp | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpwape | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buaphet | 67 | 1,012 | / |
| Vuap | 67 | 210 | / |
| Buapech | 67 | 98 | / |
| Buap | 67 | 63 | / |
| Buapeth | 67 | 18 | / |
| Buapeat | 67 | 6 | / |
| Puab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buaphey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buapher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puop | 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 Puape
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