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
Paiyan (Hindi: पइयां) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paiyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 158 people.
The surname Paiyan is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is borne 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. Besides Afghanistan Paiyan exists in 11 countries. It is also common 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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