Pajau Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Pajau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 132 | 1:1,621,775 | 53,533 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Pajaú (1) are calculated separately.
Pajau (15) may also be a first name.
Pajau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pajau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pajau occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Pajaú. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pajau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pajau is the 1,235,409th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Pajau live; 70 percent live in South America and 70 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 15 people.
The last name Pajau is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 1,621,775. In Brazil Pajau is most frequent in: Tocantins, where 22 percent are found, Alagoas, where 16 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 14 percent are found. Not including Brazil this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found and France, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Pajau
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