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
Pajau is most common in Brazil. It may also occur as: Pajaú. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pajau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,235,409th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Pajau live; 70 percent live in South America and 70 percent live in Luso-South America. Pajau is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 15 people.
The last name Pajau is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 1,621,775. In Brazil Pajau is primarily found in: Tocantins, where 22 percent live, Alagoas, where 16 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 14 percent live. Other than Brazil Pajau occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.
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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
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