Pao Surname

40,819th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,824 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Niue

Pao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4,3061:178,13910,917
Philippines2,0251:49,9948,194
United States1,7991:201,47819,799
Indonesia5691:232,42421,513
Nicaragua5131:11,737773
Pakistan4771:374,5157,248
Portugal3301:31,5701,981
Papua New Guinea3021:26,9993,041
China2901:4,714,902446
Canada2651:139,04014,308
Vietnam2511:369,1081,263
Macau2341:2,571249
Iran2341:328,13022,485
Thailand1231:574,29597,879
Brazil1181:1,814,18958,634
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
Hong Kong1121:65,4951,203
Malaysia631:468,16223,720
Ivory Coast541:427,24514,306
Singapore511:107,9944,447
Lesotho491:41,4816,991
Solomon Islands451:12,8902,375
Taiwan441:532,8353,989
Australia401:674,89346,030
England331:1,688,42669,999
France271:2,460,101186,232
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Austria251:340,61736,996
Cameroon241:865,37858,754
Russia221:6,551,048261,263
Panama211:186,2985,509
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Cambodia171:911,0095,219
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
American Samoa141:3,983910
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Costa Rica111:434,5523,937
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Colombia91:5,308,23018,838
Benin91:1,148,40050,768
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Laos41:1,647,081888
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Honduras31:2,938,8147,190
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Dominica21:37,946685
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Niue11:1,614145
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Pao (43,432) may also be a first name.

Pao Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pao Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pao (Hindi: पाओ, Oriya: ପାଓ, Russian: Пао, Tibetan: སྤའུ་) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pao? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 40,819th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 568,274 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 69 percent of Pao are found; 39 percent are found in South Asia and 34 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pao is also the 20,764th most commonly used given name worldwide, held by 43,432 people.

The last name Pao is most widespread in India, where it is held by 4,306 people, or 1 in 178,139. In India it is most frequent in: Assam, where 71 percent are found, Arunachal Pradesh, where 21 percent are found and Manipur, where 5 percent are found. Barring India this last name occurs in 86 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Pao Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pao has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Pao surname increased 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pao Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pao last name are 14.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 67.9% registered with the political party.

The amount Pao earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 39.83% less than the national average, earning $13,660,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 28.97% more than the national average, earning $55,648 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.23% more than the national average, earning $59,733 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paho861,054/
Phao86715/
Paľo86523/
Paoa86416/
Paeo86247/
Paos86151/
Peao86150/
Paou86130/
Paot8683/
Paoh8675/
Paoo8633/
Pa'o8615/
Paoi8614/
Paao8613/
Pauo8611/
Paop867/
Paĺo866/
Paoj864/
Paod863/
Pfao861/
Phaho751,780/
Pahou751,152/
Paijo75895/
Pagio75538/
Paiyo75251/
Paaho75124/
Pahoh75103/
Paľou7572/
Pahao7550/
Payyo7517/
Paous7516/
Paeho7515/
Pajio7511/
Paoid759/
Pașoi754/
Paoha754/
Phaop753/
Payio753/
Pajjo753/
Phaoh752/
Paost752/
Paayo752/
Pauho752/
Pahoy752/
Paoud751/
Pauot751/
Pauoo751/
Pauoi751/
Pahho751/
Paaoo751/
Phaoo751/
Hpaou751/
Phaod751/
P'Aot751/
P'Aod751/
Phgao751/
Paohu751/
Pahgo751/
Paoht751/
Paott751/
Pauoa751/
Peaop751/
Paout750/
Paoch750/
Poa671,653/
Pajjou67111/
Pahayo6761/
Pahoud6755/
Paijjo6733/
Paahao6721/
Póo6711/
Poó6711/
Pagiou678/
Poá674/
Pagiuo674/
Paouch672/
Paoaya672/
Poaova672/
Paahou672/
Pahood672/
Pahaod671/
Paoaja671/
Payjoy671/
Paahoa671/
Paaoud671/
Paijos671/
Paijoo671/
Paiyot671/
Paagio671/
Paijoh671/
Pahosh671/
Pahoup671/
Pahout671/
Paayio671/
Phaoha671/
Phaaho671/
Pajhot671/
Phahao671/
Phaiyo671/

Pao Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pao in the Tibetan language
སྤའུ་pa'u-
Pao in the Oriya language
ପାଓpa'o-
Pao in the Hindi language
पाओpa'o75
पाोpao25
Pao in the Russian language
Паоpao-

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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 Pao
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