Paivu Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Paivu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 160 | 1:50,961 | 6,394 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Paivu (41) may also be a first name.
Paivu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paivu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Paivu occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paivu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,364,059th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name Paivu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Paivu reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 41 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 50,961. In Papua New Guinea Paivu is most common in: East New Britain, where 70 percent live, National Capital District, where 12 percent live and West New Britain, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paivut | 91 | 13 | / |
| Pavu | 89 | 171 | / |
| Pivu | 89 | 76 | / |
| Pavau | 80 | 42 | / |
| Paveu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Paibu | 80 | 8 | / |
| Pavus | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pavut | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pavuz | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pivui | 80 | 3 | / |
| Pivus | 80 | 2 | / |
| Phivu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Paavu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pavud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pavou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pavhu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pavui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pavaux | 73 | 289 | / |
| Pivaut | 73 | 248 | / |
| Pavoux | 73 | 159 | / |
| Pavaut | 73 | 140 | / |
| Piveux | 73 | 30 | / |
| Pashvu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pavush | 73 | 7 | / |
| Puivui | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pavust | 73 | 5 | / |
| Painpu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pasvau | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pivush | 73 | 3 | / |
| Phivou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pivaud | 73 | 2 | / |
| Paibou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Patvau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phaibu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pavuis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pavľuš | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paveus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paveux | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poivut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pieveu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pasvut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pabu | 67 | 1,158 | / |
| Pawu | 67 | 269 | / |
| Pivault | 67 | 191 | / |
| Phaibut | 67 | 155 | / |
| Piwu | 67 | 128 | / |
| Pibu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Pivó | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pevu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phaibus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pavaudh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paihwus | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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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 Paivu
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