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
Pupai (Hindi: पुपई, Marathi: पुपाई, Oriya: ପୂପାଇ) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pupai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Pupai is primarily found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Pupai live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,075,395th most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 80 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne 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. Outside of 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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