Paow Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Paow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Paow Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Paow (17) may also be a first name.

Paow Last Name Facts

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

Paow (Tibetan: དཔའོ།) occurs most in Pakistan. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Paow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Paow is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Paow are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 40 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Paow is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 17 people.

The last name Paow is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 89,321,942. In Pakistan Paow is primarily found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 100 percent live. Besides Pakistan this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Bhutan, where 20 percent live and India, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pajow89385/
Payow89353/
Paowa8946/
Paowe894/
Paaow891/
Paoww891/
Pahow891/
Pauowa804/
Pahowa801/
Paov757/
Poaw752/
Paof752/
Paob751/
Paauw671,156/
Paľov67122/
Paoff6732/
Pahov6731/
Poawe6715/
Pauov679/
Paova673/
Phaov672/
Paĺov672/
Pojow672/
Phoaw671/
Pàoow671/
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Paow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Paow in the Tibetan language
དཔའོ།pao-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Paow
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