Paiyan Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Paiyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 26 | 1:1,236,661 | 10,825 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Paiyan (158) may also be a first name.
Paiyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paiyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Paiyan (Hindi: पइयां) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Paiyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paiyan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Paiyan are found; 81 percent are found in South Asia and 60 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 730,165th most common first name in the world, held by 158 people.
Paiyan is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 1,236,661. In Afghanistan it is mostly concentrated in: Helmand, where 65 percent live, Balkh, where 8 percent live and Kandahar, where 8 percent live. Other than Afghanistan this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Paiyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paiyan in the Hindi language | ||
| पइयां | pa'iyam | 87.5 |
| पईयां | pa'iyam | 12.5 |
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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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- 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 Paiyan
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