Payag Surname

238,807th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,678 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Payag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Payag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1,6431:61,61810,434
India241:31,961,058386,265
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Payag (1,634) may also be a first name.

Payag Last Name Facts

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

The last name Payag (Hindi: पयाग, Marathi: पयाग) is found most frequently in The Philippines. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Payag click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Payag? popularity and diffusion

It is the 238,807th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,342,995 people. The surname Payag occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Payag are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 77 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Payag is also the 190,791st most commonly held forename globally. It is borne by 1,634 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,643 people, or 1 in 61,618. In The Philippines Payag is primarily concentrated in: Soccsksargen, where 28 percent live, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 22 percent live and Central Visayas, where 9 percent live. Other than The Philippines this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and Taiwan, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Payagh9114/
Phayag917/
Payagc913/
Ppayag911/
Pauyag911/
Payg8927/
Payague831/
Payak803,123/
Payac801,326/
Payog80111/
Payaq8055/
Payeg8034/
Pajag809/
Puyag806/
Payax801/
Poyag801/
Paiag801/
Piyag801/
Phayak73571/
Payake73434/
Pauyac73418/
Payakk73100/
Payack7326/
Paygue736/
Payhak735/
Paug67736/
Paykova67568/
Paig67463/
Payk67308/
Puyg6740/
Paeg6736/
Peyg6725/
Poyg675/
Payc672/
Payaque672/
Payauck671/
Payakht671/
Payakhs671/
Peag671/

Payag Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Payag in the Marathi language
पयागpayaga-
Payag in the Hindi language
पयागpayaga97.56
पयगpayaga2.44

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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 Payag
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