Pauyan Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Pauyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Pauyan (26) may also be a first name.
Pauyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pauyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pauyan is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pauyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pauyan is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 76 percent of Pauyan reside; 76 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 76 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 26 people.
The last name Pauyan is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Taiwan, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Pauyan
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