Paw Surname

48,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Myanmar

Paw Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the peacock'; Anglo-Saxon pawe, Latin pauo. Cock is excrescent; compare peahen; v. Pea, Pay, or Poe.

Alan Pawe, Close Roll, 5 Edward II.

Paw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4,0861:187,73011,407
Myanmar3,9661:13,096326
Poland1,0981:34,6165,344
United States4731:766,29859,625
Indonesia2481:533,26343,166
England1861:299,55922,824
Malaysia821:359,68619,062
Thailand621:1,139,328167,850
Australia491:550,93340,757
Canada471:783,94961,790
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Belize201:17,7741,683
Pakistan161:11,165,24351,703
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Norway121:428,52437,411
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
China111:124,301,9616,553
Taiwan111:2,131,34113,802
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Qatar91:262,00030,726
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
France41:16,605,680368,153
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Macau11:601,6301,582
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

Paw (64,950) may also be a first name.

Paw Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the peacock'; Anglo-Saxon pawe, Latin pauo. Cock is excrescent; compare peahen; v. Pea, Pay, or Poe.

Alan Pawe, Close Roll, 5 Edward II.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-Latin) a nickname and sign-name from the Peacock [Middle English pawe, Old English páwa, Latin pauo, a peacock] Cp. Pay(e.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A corruption of Paul. Hence Pawson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Paw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Paw (Oriya: ପାୱ, Tibetan: དཔའ་བོ་) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Paw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 48,685th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 688,674 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Paw live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 38 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 14,817th most common first name worldwide It is held by 64,950 people.

This surname is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 4,086 people, or 1 in 187,730. In India it is most prevalent in: Assam, where 94 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 3 percent reside and Arunachal Pradesh, where 2 percent reside. Not including India this surname is found in 48 countries. It is also common in Myanmar, where 37 percent reside and Poland, where 10 percent reside.

Paw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Paw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Paw surname increased 717 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 715 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Paw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Paw last name are 8.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.29% registered with the party.

The amount Paw earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.42% less than the national average, earning $40,380 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.29% more than the national average, earning $51,813 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pawe865,799/
Pauw862,893/
Phaw86148/
Pahw8670/
Paaw8621/
Paiw8619/
Peaw867/
Paww862/
Pfaw862/
Pajw862/
Bpaw861/
Pawf860/
Phawe751,073/
Pauws7587/
Paiwe7580/
Peawe7549/
Pauwe7540/
Pahaw757/
Paawe757/
Phaiw753/
Pashw752/
Pawsø751/
Pawsh751/
Pawws751/
Passw751/
Pawch751/
Pajwe751/
Pfawz750/
Pav674,512/
Pow674,447/
Paf67461/
Pab67438/
Pheawe671/
Phauwe671/
Pawowa671/

Paw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Paw in the Oriya language
ପାୱpawa-
Paw in the Tibetan language
དཔའ་བོ་pawo42.86
དཔའུ་pa'u28.57
དཔའོ།pao14.29
པའུ་pa'u14.29

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