Pau Forename

18,187th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 51,063 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Samoa

Pau Forename Definition:

Pay'-ew, that cries aloud, appears. A city of Edom. Gen. xxxvi. 39.

Pau Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain
99%
 
32,0221:1,453223
Myanmar-7,3501:7,068273
Malaysia
 
57%
3,4241:8,8931,024
India
 
89%
2,0801:584,07644,897
China-1,0651:1,282,68136,926
Indonesia-6571:392,63931,773
United States
90%
 
5491:660,35915,899
Vietnam
60%
 
3761:246,3381,433
Mexico
100%
3621:342,9404,649
Papua New Guinea
65%
 
3181:25,6362,533
Thailand
77%
 
2961:236,70914,656
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
Poland
 
88%
1881:202,2723,614
Samoa-1831:1,067329
England
97%
 
1701:327,0768,046
Philippines
50%
 
1131:938,13726,038
Malawi-1061:161,4377,641
Portugal-1011:103,0782,758
Argentina
57%
 
991:432,0533,456
Italy
60%
 
921:663,7186,503
Nepal
 
67%
841:339,13511,707
France
100%
791:841,3977,146
Germany
 
52%
781:1,239,4608,838
Serbia
100%
781:91,6122,657
Netherlands
92%
 
681:248,5608,484
Chile
 
63%
631:279,4794,392
Andorra-601:1,381192
Canada-561:591,66714,603
Japan-451:2,844,13522,466
Denmark-441:128,3983,389
DR Congo
83%
 
411:1,800,67345,176
Hong Kong-401:193,8183,243
Nigeria
78%
 
361:4,932,34372,844
Singapore
 
83%
351:179,6308,299
Brazil
100%
341:6,301,06391,171
Dominican Republic-311:336,49311,264
Liberia
64%
 
281:157,5746,010
Ecuador-231:770,7366,723
South Africa
64%
 
201:2,726,63272,557
Taiwan
100%
201:1,188,48441,438
Sweden
93%
 
171:579,87714,075
Afghanistan
100%
141:2,330,25119,281
Australia-141:975,54411,712
Ireland-131:357,1945,120
Belgium
100%
131:883,84911,271
Greece
100%
131:841,1198,698
Guatemala-131:1,239,1104,883
Colombia-121:3,981,57724,591
Uruguay-121:285,6364,451
Cambodia
56%
 
111:1,479,39419,817
Peru
60%
 
111:2,890,13225,809
Switzerland
100%
111:746,6819,974
Russia
100%
101:14,423,37048,053
Fiji-91:99,1531,900
Tanzania
100%
91:5,865,36930,875
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Norway
100%
71:733,19011,461
American Samoa-61:9,3081,982
Benin
100%
61:1,762,64036,264
Lesotho
83%
 
61:340,00019,758
Scotland
75%
 
61:891,7289,103
Cameroon
75%
 
51:4,322,10163,776
Pakistan
82%
 
51:38,871,536142,270
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Lithuania-41:737,9702,861
Suriname-41:138,2032,927
Belarus-31:3,160,79512,102
Bolivia-31:3,533,8015,917
Finland
67%
 
31:1,827,72814,078
Israel
100%
31:2,800,97324,529
Kenya-31:15,435,70351,312
Monaco-31:12,8221,634
South Korea-31:1,848,14023,578
Turkey-31:25,933,90352,822
Belize-21:177,1545,935
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
Namibia-21:1,202,09012,702
Paraguay-21:3,618,40211,946
Uganda-21:20,478,46091,660
Wales-21:1,547,15412,610
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Bhutan-11:824,9286,865
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Czechia
 
67%
11:10,656,16211,509
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Georgia
100%
11:3,738,46629,095
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637

Pau (21,963) may also be a surname.

Pau Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Pay'-ew, that cries aloud, appears. A city of Edom. Gen. xxxvi. 39.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: they cried.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

Pau Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phau86877/
Paju86712/
Paus86621/
Payu86597/
Paud86296/
Paup86295/
Pahu86285/
Paut86130/
Pauh8680/
Paiu8657/
Ppau8647/
Paue8634/
Pauu8624/
Pauy8612/
Pfau8610/
Pauz8610/
Paux866/
Hpau864/
Pauê861/
Pa801,238,615/
Pu8029,514/
Phaud751,130/
Paius75561/
Payut75309/
Phayu75241/
Phahu75214/
Payus75209/
Phaju75147/
Paush75129/
Payou7579/
Payau7572/
Phaut7562/
Pauia7543/
Pahau7534/
Phaus7531/
Payup7530/
Pajou7529/
Pault7524/
Pauya7520/
Pauch7519/
Peyau7515/
Paiau7514/
Pauio758/
Paudh757/
Pahiu756/
Payuh756/
Puyau756/
Phauz755/
Pahuh755/
Pauyo754/
Paujo754/
Paheu754/
Pahyu754/
Paiou754/
Paust753/
Pauye753/
Pauet753/
Phaue753/
Paiud753/
Paues752/
Poyau752/
Phaiu752/
Phaup752/
Pautt752/
Pau'e752/
Pauie752/
Pauii752/
Paoue752/
Pauts752/
Paihu752/
Phauy752/
Payud752/
Payuz752/
Pauez751/
Payuu751/
Paudz751/
Pauph751/
Paujj751/
Poiau751/
Pppau751/
P'eau751/
Paaju751/
Paiuo751/
Paiut751/
Pajuh751/
Pajuo751/
Pajuu751/
Ppfau751/
Peaut751/
Pat67457,363/
Phu67308,333/
Pui6795,116/
Pha6771,201/
Paz6751,733/
Pai6750,443/
Paa6719,534/
Put675,846/
Pad675,444/
Pay674,490/
Ppa674,213/
Pap673,597/
Pou673,042/
Pas672,923/
Pea672,877/
Peu672,657/
Pah672,429/
Pae671,852/
Puy671,453/
Pus671,076/
Pue67944/
Hpa67921/
Poa67734/
Pup67667/
Payush67653/
Paj67433/
Puj67297/
Pud67253/
Ppu67233/
Puh67211/
Hpu67191/
Puo67181/
Puu67149/
Phauij67138/
Pèa67120/
Péa6785/
Pga6764/
Phayut6758/
Peihau6756/
Pahahu6750/
Phayau6736/
Paujah6736/
Pfa6734/
Bpa6731/
Vpa6727/
Puz6724/
Pux6716/
Poyaud6712/
Phayup6710/
Pajouh679/
Payuth679/
Payous678/
Pìa677/
Pfu677/
Paiaus676/
Pgu676/
Paç676/
Paï675/
Phaius675/
Pahaju674/
Pauyee674/
P'A674/
Bpu674/
Phayou674/
Vpu674/
Phauya673/
Phayus673/
Pajush673/
Pahius673/
Bppaus673/
Pïa672/
Paihau672/
Poojau672/
Pauhie672/
Paujat672/
Paá672/
Pauiah672/
Peauoo671/
Payudh671/
Payuos671/
Paí671/
Payaus671/
Pauddh671/
Pauesh671/
Pauias671/
Pauiee671/
Paushp671/
Pauych671/
Pahuet671/
Paihou671/
Paihud671/
Pajuhs671/
Phejau671/
Phaudh671/
Phauet671/
Phaujo671/
Phaust671/
Phauth671/
Phayud671/
Hpauje671/
Phauhe671/
Paujoo671/
Pyaoyu671/
Pajoup671/
Payoux671/
Paujit671/

Pau Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pau in the Russian language
Пауpau-

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
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  • 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 Pau