Papa is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Papa
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: Although it is now very common throughout Italy, the name appears from the southern half of the country. And so rather than seeing a nickname linked to the main direction of "Pope" (Italian "father"), it is better to consider the meaning of priest or even father (cf. the Greek word "Pappas").

How popular is Papa?

Papa is common in Brazil.

Papa is ranked 3334 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Papa bearers increased by 2.056424 per cent in 2010 US census to 6005 since 2000, the surname slipped by 330 spots and ranked at 5768. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.66 85.32
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 11.22 8.99
Hispanic or Latino 4 3.65
Others 1.32 1.29
Papa is quite popular family name mostly used in Italy while Albania is ahead in terms of density. Around 163113 people have been found who wears Papa as their family name. Papa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
768 Democratic Republic of The Congo10
48,950 Moldova6
1,078 Togo5
5,707 Nicaragua5
812 Monaco5
4,921 Uganda5
11,480 Japan4
2,306 Angola4
2,966 Benin4
671 Mali4
2,720 South Korea3
5,909 Bangladesh3
7,993 Jordan3
3,224 Afghanistan3
662 New Caledonia3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
115 Comoros3
4,138 Bahrain3
10,211 Bulgaria2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
883 Macau2
5,318 Iraq2
11,736 Lithuania2
4,744 Macedonia2
15,999 Slovakia2
787 Andorra2
1,834 Malta2
1,143 French Polynesia2
4,249 Cambodia1
50,549 Georgia1
613 Central African Republic1
38,063 Mauritania1
24,460 Armenia1
444 Faroe Islands1
971 Seychelles1
2,715 Gabon1
1,818 Guernsey1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
6,212 Jamaica1
11,510 Oman1
47,891 Norway1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
6,149 Ethiopia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
18,969 Wales1
2,877 Cuba1
573 Vanuatu1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
53,505 Turkey1
880 Djibouti1
510 East Timor1
8,371 Syria1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
5,589 Sudan1
4,942 Libya1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
12,953 Finland48
21,712 Sweden44
11,040 Scotland39
40,883 Zimbabwe27
2,645 Luxembourg26
15,487 Serbia26
7,545 Nigeria20
54,540 Czech Republic18
2,413 China18
3,664 Costa Rica16
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,902 Qatar88
995 Thailand88
4,262 Kuwait87
4,752 Slovenia85
8,515 New Zealand83
4,774 Latvia73
3,257 Hong Kong71
1,750 Senegal64
Countries with hundreds of Papa:
1,049 Nepal926
7,501 England909
993 Switzerland900
13,644 Indonesia894
5,537 Canada787
8,421 South Africa767
5,818 Spain730
7,880 Egypt715
4,378 Australia689
1,525 Austria629
1,002 Paraguay624
2,031 Hungary622
4,234 Netherlands620
12,805 Iran614
704 Uruguay574
2,473 Ecuador553
1,620 Croatia466
2,231 Bolivia389
5,912 Malaysia354
4,479 Tunisia330
14,274 Tanzania316
2,122 Portugal305
1,386 El Salvador301
1,570 Honduras296
271 Cyprus292
4,129 Israel271
4,038 United Arab Emirates245
24,102 Poland239
1,368 Taiwan232
2,593 Dominican Republic216
2,754 Panama114
2,121 Puerto Rico109
4,554 Lebanon105
3,353 Singapore101
Countries with thousands of Papa:
49 Greece9,117
4,643 United States8,545
390 Myanmar7,715
1,499 Mexico7,302
726 Argentina6,152
1,731 Germany4,573
12,374 India3,766
1,886 Kenya3,060
104 Albania2,896
1,190 Venezuela2,484
1,629 Colombia2,323
654 Niger2,231
3,384 Pakistan2,137
1,187 Vietnam1,789
1,711 Romania1,420
1,125 Chile1,403
1,856 Ivory Coast1,315
1,228 Rwanda1,263
5,521 Algeria1,250
4,232 Morocco1,208
2,627 Ghana1,198
2,835 Peru1,183
3,271 Cameroon1,090
1,487 Guatemala1,046
1,468 Belgium1,032
3,502 Saudi Arabia1,000
Countries with ten thousands of Papa:
120 Italy23,750
439 Philippines20,171
398 France11,989
1,387 Brazil11,352
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A. Papa worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 12 years old embarked for Buffalo from Naples on Olympus and arrived on April 22, 1892. A. Papa (30) Laborer, A. Papa, aged 32, Laborer A. Papa, A. Papa (44) Laborer, Agostino Papa (33) Laborer, Albina Papa (42) Farmer, Farmer Alessandro Papa, Alessandro Papa (21) Country man, and 359 other Papa around 46.67% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and country man, peasant, joiner, daughter, tailor, shoemaker, mason, fisherman, housewife, sailor, waiter, plough maker migrated to US from Naples & Palermo, Naples & Trieste, Marseilles & Naples and Genoa & Naples.

Comments

E
Enoch Bunker
Dad is the dialect form of pope name of dignity employed as a nickname, had to nominate a man worthy maintenance, serious.

Papa Namesakes

  • Aaliyah Papata, Actress
  • Adam Papagan, Musician
  • Nikos Papatakis, Filmmaker
  • Adelaide Papazoglou, Film Editor
  • Adelaide Papazoglou, Film Editor
  • Jun Papa, Basketball Player
  • Nikos Papanikolopoulos, Basketball Player
  • Aiden Papamihail, Actor
  • Luca Del Papa, Soccer player
  • Aleka Papariga, Greek Politician
  • In 2016 comedy, drama film, Taekwondo, Lucas Papa characterized Fernando.
  • In 1971 0 movie, Tapang Brothers, Adriano Papa portrayed N.

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