Pupai Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Pupai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Pupai (80) may also be a first name.
Pupai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pupai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pupai (Hindi: पुपई, Marathi: पुपाई, Oriya: ପୂପାଇ) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pupai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pupai is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Pupai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Pupai live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pupai is also the 1,075,395th most common first name globally, held by 80 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Pupai is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 57 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 33 percent are found and National Capital District, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent are found and Iran, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pupai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pupai in the Hindi language | ||
| पुपई | pupa'i | - |
| Pupai in the Marathi language | ||
| पुपाई | pupa'i | - |
| Pupai in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୂପାଇ | pupa'i | 50 |
| ପୁପାଏ | pupa'e | 50 |
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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 Pupai
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