Paigneau Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Paigneau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Paigneau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paigneau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Paigneau is found most in France. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Paigneau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Paigneau is the 2,909,720th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Paigneau occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Paigneau are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
Paigneau is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 1,509,607. In France Paigneau is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 68 percent reside, Hauts-de-France, where 30 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 2 percent reside. Aside from France this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Paigneau
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