Payai Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Payai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Payai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1271:1,041,33275,890
Thailand401:1,765,959222,048
India221:34,866,608408,224
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Payai (45) may also be a first name.

Payai Last Name Facts

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

Payai (Hindi: पयइ, Marathi: पयई) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Payai? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,155,901st most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 66 percent of Payai reside; 66 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 66 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Payai is also the 1,504,468th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 45 people.

The surname Payai is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 1,041,332. In Indonesia it is most common in: Papua, where 87 percent live and West Papua, where 13 percent live. Excluding Indonesia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 19 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phayai91595/
Payait917/
Payaih911/
Paayai911/
Payauis839/
Payyayi831/
Phayaai831/
Pajai801,419/
Payay80129/
Payie8082/
Payaj8061/
Piyai8048/
Payae8048/
Poyai8029/
Payaa8029/
Peyai8024/
Pauai8020/
Puyai8016/
Payja806/
Paiyi805/
Paiai804/
Payoi804/
Payei801/
Peaai801/
Phayaj73300/
Pooyai73194/
Phuyai73183/
Phayoi73163/
Payuha73159/
Pagiai7386/
Phiyai7347/
Payahe7327/
Paiyaj7325/
Payuhi7321/
Piyaui7317/
Phoyai7311/
Pahaui738/
Paiyoi738/
Pajjai738/
Phajai737/
Payyay736/
Peyahi736/
Puyjai735/
Payaye734/
Phayae734/
Paijai734/
Paiyay734/
Pajhai733/
Paygie733/
Payija733/
Pajaai732/
Pouaya732/
Payiep732/
Payoua732/
Payaaj731/
Pheyai731/
Paiyij731/
Payois731/
Pauaya731/
Payaeh731/
Pajiyi731/
Paaiha731/
Pujaai731/
Peeyai731/
Paayio731/
Piyaoi731/
Paayay731/
Payier730/
Paye6741,431/
Peay674,221/
Paie67502/
Paua67276/
Phaiyaj67260/
Peai67125/
Paei6797/
Phayajh6795/
Payahay6768/
Paui6750/
Paey6741/
Phayyaj6739/
Peaa6726/
Pooyaie6714/
Payauys6710/
Pyei679/
Phayoha678/
Paiyidd675/
Pajauis675/
Paae675/
Phooyai675/
Paiauis674/
Paijaai674/
Pejjaai673/
Pahayay672/
Pooyaei672/
Pouyaei672/
Payooha672/
Phaaiji671/
Paijaya671/
Pauy671/
Payahoa671/
Paijais671/
Piyaaai671/
Piyahai671/
Péay671/
Payihhi671/
Phayaha671/
Phaehai671/
Pajjaya671/

Payai Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Payai in the Hindi language
पयइpaya'i-
Payai in the Marathi language
पयईpaya'i-

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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
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  • 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 Payai
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