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    The surname Papillion

    A French nickname surname, carried by 606 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P145

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Papillion is more common than 77.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From Old French papillon (“butterfly”), possibly a nickname for a rash or inconstant person.

    Papillion is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 606 people named Papillion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 536.

    #36,838
    rank among US surnames
    606
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.1%
    change since 2000 (was #38,771)

    Who is named Papillion

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    79% of people named Papillion identified as Black (not Hispanic), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Papillion come from?
    From Old French papillon (“butterfly”), possibly a nickname for a rash or inconstant person.
    How common is the surname Papillion?
    606 people in the United States had the surname Papillion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. It ranked 36,838th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Papillion?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Papillion identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Papillion?
    Papillion is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Papillion getting more or less common?
    More common. 536 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 606 in 2010, up 13%.