Paigude Surname

804,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Paigude Surname User-submission:

The origin of the surname is from the corruption of the words 'legs like horses'.

There was a group of foot soldiers in the Maratha empire from the same household/village who were famed as very fast runners in battles and hence the origin of the surname - paygude, where "pay" or "pai" means legs in Marathi and "gude" is a corruption of "ghode" which means horses in Marathi.

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Paigude Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3371:2,276,15874,920
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Paigude Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The origin of the surname is from the corruption of the words 'legs like horses'.

There was a group of foot soldiers in the Maratha empire from the same household/village who were famed as very fast runners in battles and hence the origin of the surname - paygude, where "pay" or "pai" means legs in Marathi and "gude" is a corruption of "ghode" which means horses in Marathi.

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Paigude Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Paigude Come From? nationality or country of origin

Paigude (Marathi: पायगुडे) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Paigude.

How Common Is The Last Name Paigude? popularity and diffusion

Paigude is the 804,502nd most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. The surname Paigude occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Paigude reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 337 people, or 1 in 2,276,158. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 91 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Excluding India it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paaigude932/
Paiagude931/
Paygude866,442/
Pangude869/
Pajgude864/
Pejagude80160/
Payagude80122/
Pachgude805/
Panggude802/
Pijagude802/
Payugude801/
Paaygude801/
Pagide77114/
Pagode77104/
Paguda7725/
Pigode771/
Payaghude758/
Payagaude754/
Pangudi71291/
Peaguda71158/
Pagoudi7183/
Pejgude7121/
Phaguda7111/
Pagudis715/
Paghode713/
Pagudoj711/
Pagidey711/
Paagide711/
Pighode711/
Paygode711/
Pojgude711/
Pagoudis6793/
Payagode6735/
Payghode676/
Pechgude672/
Pagoudaa671/
Ppagidde671/
Panguddi671/

Paigude Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Paigude in the Marathi language
पायगुडेpayagude96.82
पैगुडेpaigude1.27
पाईगुडेpa'igude0.64

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