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
Pauyan is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pauyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 76 percent of Pauyan live; 76 percent live in Oceania Islands and 76 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pauyan is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Pauyan is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found 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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